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*[[Antonin Dvorak|Dvořák's]] Symphony No. 9, "From the New World," with themes that have the flavor of black spirituals to them.<ref>Dvořák was not a musicologist, and, oddly, believed that "Negro" and "Indian" music were similar. He himself regarded the music as Indian-themed, with connections to ''The Song of Hiawatha.''</ref>
*[[Antonin Dvorak|Dvořák's]] Symphony No. 9, "From the New World," with themes that have the flavor of black spirituals to them.<ref>Dvořák was not a musicologist, and, oddly, believed that "Negro" and "Indian" music were similar. He himself regarded the music as Indian-themed, with connections to ''The Song of Hiawatha.''</ref>
Other composers known for their symphonies include [[Joseph Haydn]], [[Franz Schubert]], [[Jean Sibelius]], [[Gustav Mahler]], [[Anton Bruckner]], [[Sergei Prokofiev]], and [[Dmitri Shostakovich]].
Other composers known for their symphonies include [[Joseph Haydn]], [[Franz Schubert]], [[Jean Sibelius]], [[Gustav Mahler]], [[Anton Bruckner]], [[Cesar Franck]], [[Sergei Prokofiev]], and [[Dmitri Shostakovich]].
The twentieth century vogue for atonal music has to some extent obscured the continuing composition of "traditional" symphonies. Some twentieth century symphonies written in a tonal idiom, more or less in a traditional symphonic mould, and enjoyable to non-expert listeners include:
The twentieth century vogue for atonal music has to some extent obscured the continuing composition of "traditional" symphonies. Some twentieth century symphonies written in a tonal idiom, more or less in a traditional symphonic mould, and enjoyable to non-expert listeners include: