Editing Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák) (section)

== Reception ==

At the premiere in Carnegie Hall, the end of every movement was met with thunderous clapping and Dvořák felt obliged to stand up and bow.<ref name="Clapham">Clapham, John, ''Dvořák'', Norton, New York, 1979, pp. 132–133.</ref> This was one of the greatest public triumphs of Dvořák's career. When the symphony was published, several European orchestras soon performed it. [[Alexander Mackenzie (composer)|Alexander Mackenzie]] conducted the [[Royal Philharmonic Society|London Philharmonic Society]] in the first London performance on 21 June 1894.<ref name="Clapham" /> Clapham says the symphony became "one of the most popular of all time" and at a time when the composer's main works were being welcomed in no more than ten countries, this symphony reached the rest of the musical world and has become a "universal favorite".<ref name="Clapham" /> As of 1978, it had been performed more often "than any other symphony at the Royal Festival Hall, London" and is in "tremendous demand in Japan".<ref name="Clapham" />

In the UK, the largo became familiar to the general public after its use in a [[Boy on the Bike|1973 television advert]] directed by [[Ridley Scott]] for the [[Hovis]] bakery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/hovis-boy-on-the-bike-tv-advert-dvorak/|title=Hovis 'Boy on the Bike' advert returns to TV with new music – here's a first look|date=3 June 2019|last=Rizzi|first=Sofia|website=Classic FM}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Holman |first1=Gavin |date=2019 |title=Film, Television and Video productions featuring brass bands |journal=North American British Music Studies Association |publisher=Humanities Commons |doi=10.17613/ttn4-1y86}}</ref>