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Events on Saturday 16 December 1893 1
1893Dvorak's "New World" Symphony premieresSymphony No. 9 debuts at Carnegie HallAntonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World," premiered in New York under conductor Anton Seidl. Composed during Dvorak's stay in the United States, it drew on African American spirituals and Native American melodies and became one of the most performed symphonies ever written.