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The Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World," Op. 95, B. 178 (), popularly 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 is by far his most popular symphony, and one of the most popular of all symphonies. In older literature and recordings, this symphony was often numbered as Symphony No. 5. Neil Armstrong took a recording of the ''New World Symphony'' to the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission, the first Moon landing, in 1969.〔(Crowndozen.com ), November 7, 2007〕 ==Instrumentation== This symphony is scored for an orchestra of at least the following : * 2 flutes (one doubling piccolo)〔The scoring of piccolo in this symphony is extremely unusual; although the English horn is brought in for the famous solo in the second movement, the piccolo plays only a short phrase in the first, and nothing else.〕 * 2 oboes (one doubling English horn) * 2 clarinets in A * 2 bassoons * 4 horns in E, C and F * 2 trumpets in E, C and E * 2 tenor trombones * Bass trombone * Tuba (second movement only)〔Tuba is only scored in the second movement. According to the full score book published by Dover, phrases "''Trombone basso e Tuba''" is indicated in the some measures in the second movement; the bass trombone is used with the two tenor trombones in movements 1, 2 and 4.〕 * Timpani * Triangle (third movement only) * Cymbals (fourth movement only) * Strings 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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