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    Question #95619. nibbles0011 asks:

    Who was the Prague born composer whose appointment to director of the New York Conservatory in 1891 inspired his 9th symphony?


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    		Dvorák, Antonín

    As director of the National Conservatory in New York (1892-5) he taught composition, meanwhile producing the well-known Ninth Symphony ("From the New World"), the String Quartet in F, the String Quintet in E-flat and the Cello Concerto.

    http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/education/dvorak.html


    May 13 08, 8:51 AM
    davejacobs

    		When I was young, the New World symphony was known as Dvorak's Fifth. In fact I have a record of it under that name.

    May 13 08, 9:25 AM
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