sentences:  Notices about several performances of the symphony include the phrase "wide open spaces" about what inspired the symphony and/or about the feelings it conveys to listeners.Dvořák was also influenced by the style and techniques used by earlier classical composers including Beethoven and Schubert.The falling fourths and timpani strokes in the "New World Symphony"s Scherzo movement evoke the Scherzo of Beethoven's Choral Symphony (Symphony No.