Symphony No. 9
Sign in to saveAlso known as New World Symphony, From the New World, Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From the New World"
symphony by Antonín Dvořák
Key facts
- Native name
- Symfonie č. 9 e moll "Z nového světa"
- Other name
- New World Symphony
- Key
- E minor
- Catalogue
- B . 178
- Composed
- 1893 ( 1893 )
- Scoring
- Orchestra
- Date
- 16 December 1893
- Location
- Carnegie Hall , New York City
- Conductor
- Anton Seidl
- Performers
- New York Philharmonic
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Wikidata facts
- Composer
- Antonín Dvořák
- Tonality
- E minor
- Image
- The title page of the autograph score of Dvořák's ninth symphony.jpg
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- inception
- 1893-00-00
- date of first performance
- 1893-12-15
- publication date
- 1894-00-00
- location of first performance
- Carnegie Hall
- opus number
- 95
- catalog code
- B. 178
- instrumentation
- symphony orchestra
- Commons category
- Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)
- form of creative work
- symphony
- introduced in
- Shin-Imamiya Station
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Encyclopedic overview
The Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 (Czech: Symfonie č. 9 e moll "Z nového světa"), also known as the New World Symphony, was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1893 while he was the director of the National Conservatory of Music of America from 1892 to 1895. It premiered in New York City on 16 December 1893. It is one of the most popular of all symphonies. In older literature and recordings, this symphony was – as for its first publication – numbered as Symphony No. 5.
Instrumentation
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