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Andrew Huang (’29) April 27, 2023
When you watch the movie “Jaws”, you might recognize a mysterious theme music written by John Williams (Aka. my favorite film composer). Although everyone knows that John Williams wrote this piece, it is actually copied. The very start of the piece is copied from the last movement Dvorak Symphony No.9. Other famous movements in this Symphony include the second movement “New World Symphony”. The first movement of the whole Symphony (which is written in sonata form) begins with a leitmotif (a melody that represents something/someone/somewhere/etc.) which had also been used in some of Dvorak’s later works. He also wrote something similar to the African-American spiritual “Swing Low Sweet Chariot”. The second movement is the well-known “New World Symphony”.
Because Dvorak was invited to America as the director of the National Conservatory of Music of America, so he went to America and loved the place. He also wrote many American-related pieces in his life. Because of this, you can hear many melodies that sound similar to the American style. You can strongly hear this kind of style in this symphony, so the “New World” in “New World Symphony” is actually America. In this Movement, the English Horn played this beautiful melody accompanied by the string section. You can click the YouTube link down below to hear more. The version of the YouTube video is conducted by my favorite conductor: Gustavo Dudamel (who is also the conductor for the New Year concert in Vienna in 2017). The third movement is a scherzo. Also, this movement is influenced by a great poem called “The Song of Hiawatha”. The last and the most epic fourth movement (which is also written in sonata form), is my favorite. The very start of this movement is exactly what John Williams used for the “Jaws” theme song. After the introduction, the orchestra played the best Con Fuoco melody in the history of Symphony (at least for me). In this movement, Dvorak also recalled melodies that appeared throughout the Symphony. After the premiere of this symphony, this piece went around the world like crazy. People loved this piece, and that the fact the people loved this piece is still the truth in 2023.
當你看電影“大白鯊”時，可能會認出約翰．威廉姆斯（我最喜歡的電影配樂作曲家）創作的神秘主題音樂。雖然大家都知道這首曲子是約翰．威廉姆斯寫的，但實際上是模仿德佛札克第九交響曲的最後樂章。這部交響曲還有其他耳熟能詳的部分，也就是第二樂章的「新世界交響曲」。 整部交響曲的第一樂章（奏鳴曲形式）以主導動機（代表某物/某人/某地/等的旋律）開始，德佛札克之後的一些作品也使用這種方法，他還用了一些類似美國黑人靈歌“Swing Low Sweet Chariot”的旋律。 第二樂章就是著名的「新世界交響曲」，當時德佛扎克受邀前往美國擔任國家音樂學院總監，並且愛上了這個地方，他對美洲原住民音樂和黑人靈歌非常很感興趣，寫了許多與美國有關的樂曲，你可以強烈地感受這類的風格。因此，「新世界交響曲」中的「新世界」就是在指美國。在這個樂章中，英國管在弦樂聲部的伴奏下演奏出這首優美的旋律。您可以點擊下方的 YouTube 連結，聆聽完整內容。 YouTube影片的版本是我最喜歡的指揮：古斯塔沃·杜達美（他也是2017年維也納新年音樂會的指揮）。
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