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Some famous, familiar, and easily appreciated symphonies include:
Some famous, familiar, and easily appreciated symphonies include:
*Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World," with themes that have the flavor of black spirituals to them.
*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 was similar. He himself regarded the music as Indian-themed, with connections to ''The Song of Hiawatha.''</ref>
*Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, with the choral "Ode to Joy" in the fourth movement. This piece was performed by Leonard Bernstein to celebrate the fall of the Berlin wall.
*Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, with the choral "Ode to Joy" in the fourth movement. This piece was performed by Leonard Bernstein to celebrate the fall of the Berlin wall.
*Mozart's Symphony No. 40
*Mozart's Symphony No. 40