Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)
| Symphony No. 9 New World Symphony | |
|---|---|
| by Antonín Dvořák | |
Title page of the autograph score of Dvořák's ninth symphony | |
| Key | E minor |
| Catalogue | B. 178 |
| Opus | 95 |
| Composed | 1893 |
| Movements | 4 |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 16 December 1893 |
| Location | Carnegie Hall, New York City |
| Conductor | Anton Seidl |
| Performers | New York Philharmonic |
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. The symphony was completed in the building that now houses the Bily Clocks Museum in Spillville, Iowa.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong took a tape recording including the New World Symphony along during the Apollo 11 mission, the first Moon landing, in 1969.