Antonin Dvorak (1841–1904) · Symphony No. 9, 1893 · D major · 4/4 · 56 BPM · 16 bars · Classical
Largo from the New World Symphony sits in Classical, written in D major. It uses 3 chords across 16 bars, at about 56 BPM.
DGA7
D
G
A7
| 1 | D | · | G | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | · | A7 | D | · |
| 3 | · | · | G | D |
| 4 | · | A7 | D | · |
Very slow, sixteen bars, the going-home theme. D for two bars, G for one, D again and a bar of A7; then four bars of D before the second half repeats the shape. Almost every chord is D, so the changes matter.
| Keys | Chord chart |
|---|---|
| C major | C · F · C · G7 · C · F · C · G7 · C |
| Db major | Db · Gb · Db · Ab7 · Db · Gb · Db · Ab7 · Db |
| D major · Written in this key | D · G · D · A7 · D · G · D · A7 · D |
| Eb major | Eb · Ab · Eb · Bb7 · Eb · Ab · Eb · Bb7 · Eb |
| E major | E · A · E · B7 · E · A · E · B7 · E |
| F major | F · Bb · F · C7 · F · Bb · F · C7 · F |
| F# major | F# · B · F# · C#7 · F# · B · F# · C#7 · F# |
| G major | G · C · G · D7 · G · C · G · D7 · G |
| Ab major | Ab · Db · Ab · Eb7 · Ab · Db · Ab · Eb7 · Ab |
| A major | A · D · A · E7 · A · D · A · E7 · A |
| Bb major | Bb · Eb · Bb · F7 · Bb · Eb · Bb · F7 · Bb |
| B major | B · E · B · F#7 · B · E · B · F#7 · B |
The Largo is the second movement of the symphony Antonin Dvorak composed in 1893. Dvorak died in 1904, so the term ended in 1974 on a life-plus-70 basis. Free everywhere.