Sometimes it takes an outsider to point out what's great about a culture. That's exactly what Czech composer Antonin Dvorak was when he came to the U.S. At the end of the 19th century. He was an ...

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Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR Antonin Dvorak's "New World Symphony" is an anthem to American roots. It was written ...

U.S. Navy CPO Graham Jackson, with tears of grief, plays "Goin' Home," from Dvorak's 'New World' Symphony, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's body is carried from Warm Springs, Ga., where he died.

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