The 6/8 first movement of this composer's seventh symphony begins with the cellos and violas playing the first theme over a sustained D in the horns and tremolo in the basses.
The 6/8 first movement of this composer's seventh symphony begins with the cellos and violas playing the first theme over a sustained D in the horns and tremolo in the basses. The trumpet fanfare that begins the last movement of his eighth symphony includes the same C D E motif as its main theme, which is first stated by the cellos. The first theme of the first movement of this composer's last symphony is first played by the french horn under tremolo strings and outlines a slightly syncopated E minor (*) arpeggio. The first theme of the Largo second movement of his ninth symphony is first stated by the English horn; that movement depicts scenes from The Song of Hiawatha, one of that symphony's many "American" inspirations. For 10 points, name this Czech composer of the "New World" Symphony.
The 6/8 first movement of this composer's seventh symphony begins with the cellos and violas playing the first theme over a sustained D in the horns and tremolo in the basses.
Antonín Leopold Dvořák