| | 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.<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> | + | *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> |
| | *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. |