Discovery Orchestra Chat 160 – Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 Mvt 1 Part 2
The second of 16 Discovery Orchestra Chats on Dvorak’s “New World Symphony”. This is the second of 4 Chats that will explore Movement 1.
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