List of symphonies in B-flat major explained

This is a list of symphonies in B-flat major written by notable composers.

Composer	Symphony
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach	Symphony in B-flat major, Wq.182:2 / H658 (1773)^[1]
Johann Christian Bach	Symphony Op. 3 No. 4 \ WC 4 Symphony Op. 6 No. 4 \ WC 10 Symphony WC 17a Symphony Op. 9 No. 1 \ WC 17b Symphony WCInc1
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach	Symphony in B-flat major, BR-JCFB C 6 / Wf I/2 (ca. 1768)^[2] Symphony in B-flat major, BR-JCFB C 28 / Wf I/20 (ca. 1792-94)
Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony No. 4, Op. 60 (1806)
Wilhelm Berger	Symphony No. 1, Op. 71 (1896-7, premiered in 1898) ^[3] ^[4]
Luigi Boccherini	Symphony No. 5, Op. 12/5, G. 507 (1771)^[5] Symphony No. 12, Op. 35/6, G. 514 (1782)
Anton Bruckner	Symphony No. 5 (1876)
Fritz Brun	Symphony No. 2 (1911) Symphony No. 10 (1953)
George Whitefield Chadwick	Symphony No. 2, Op. 21 (1886)^[6]
Ernest Chausson	Symphony in B-flat, Op. 20 (1890)
James Cohn	Symphony No. 5 for chamber orchestra (1959) ^[7]
Franz Danzi	Symphony, P. 222^[8]
Antonín Dvořák	Symphony No. 2, Op. 4, B. 12 (1865)
Eduard Franck	Symphony (1858 - lost)Symphony No. 2, Op. 52 (1883)
Niels Gade	(1850)
Florian Leopold Gassmann	Symphonies Hill 15, 25, 41, 62, 113.^[9] There is also a symphony in B-flat which has been attributed to both Haydn and Gassmann.
Friedrich Gernsheim	(1895)^[10]
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs	Symphony No. 3 Westmoreland, Op. 104 (1944)^[11]
Alexander Glazunov	Symphony No. 5, Op. 55 (1896)
Mikhail Glinka	Symphony in B flat major (sketched and left unfinished in 1824, completed by Petr Klimov)
Benjamin Godard	Symphony No. 2(5), Op.57 (1879)^[12]
Johannes Haarklou	Symphony No. 1 (1883)^[13]
Joseph Haydn	Symphony No. 35 (1767) Symphony No. 51 (composed by 1774) Symphony No. 66 (composed by 1779) Symphony No. 68 (composed by 1779) Symphony No. 71 (composed by 1780) Symphony No. 77 (1782?) Symphony No. 85, La Reine ("The Queen") (1785?) Symphony No. 98 (1792) Symphony No. 102 (1794) Hob. I/105, better known as the Sinfonia Concertante (1792) Hob. I/106, for which only one part has survived (1769?) Hob. I/107, often known not by a number but as Symphony A (composed by 1762) Hob. I/108, often known not by a number but as Symphony B (composed by 1765)
Michael Haydn	Symphony No. 11, MH 37, Perger 2 (1761) Symphony No. 14, MH 133, Perger 52 (1768-70) Symphony No. 27, Opus 1 No. 1, MH 358, Perger 18 (1784) Symphony No. 33, MH 425, Perger 22 (1786) Symphony No. 36, MH 475, Perger 28 (1788)
Heinrich von Herzogenberg	Symphony No. 2, Op. 70 (1890)^[14]
Alfred Hill	Symphony No. 1 The Maori (1896–1900) Symphony No. 6 Celtic (1956)
Paul Hindemith	Symphony in B flat for Concert Band (1951)
Leopold Hofmann	Symphony (Badley Bb1) (by 1763)^[15]
Richard Hol	Symphony No. 3, Op. 101 (1867/84)
Vincent d'Indy	(1902-3)^[16]
Charles Ives	Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting" (1904-11)^[17]
George Alexander Macfarren	Symphony No. 6 (1836)
Felix Mendelssohn	Lobgesang, symphony-cantata (Symphony No. 2), Op. 52 (1840)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Symphony No. 2, K. 17 (spurious) Symphony No. 5, K. 22 (1765) Symphony No. 24, K. 182 (1773) Symphony No. 33, K. 319 (1779)
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger	Symphony No. 1, Baneret (1889–1903/1932–3)
Václav Pichl	Symphony Melpomene (Zakin 14) (1768/9)^[18]
Ignaz Pleyel	Symphony, Benton 125 (1782-4)^[19] Symphony, Benton 132 (published 1792) Symphony, Benton 135 (published 1787)^[20] Symphony, Benton 150 (published 1799)
Sergei Prokofiev	Symphony No. 5, Op. 100 (1944)
Joachim Raff	Symphony No. 7, Op. 201 "In den Alpen" (1875)^[21]
Emil von Reznicek	Symphony No. 2 (1904)
Jean Rivier	Symphony No. 4 for Strings (1941)
Antonio Rosetti	Symphony M.A49, Op.13 Book 1 (published by André in 1794)
Albert Roussel	(1919–21)^[22]
Franz Schubert	Symphony No. 2, D. 125 Symphony No. 5, D. 485 (1816)
Robert Schumann	Symphony No. 1, Op. 38 "Spring" (1841)
Harold Shapero	Symphony for Classical Orchestra (1947)
Charles Villiers Stanford	Symphony No. 1 (by 1875)^[23]
Johan Svendsen	Symphony No. 2, Op. 15 (1874-6)^[24]
Karol Szymanowski	Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 (1909/10)
Sergei Taneyev	(incomplete, 1875)
Johann Baptist Wanhal	Symphony, Bryan Bb1^[25] Symphony, Bryan Bb2^[26] Symphony, Bryan Bb3 Symphony, Bryan Bb4^[27] Symphony, Bryan Bb5
Robert Volkmann	Symphony No. 2, Op. 53 (1864-5)
Samuel Wesley	Symphony (1802)
Alexander von Zemlinsky	Symphony No. 2 (1897)^[28]
Carl Friedrich Abel	Symphony/Overture in B flat major, Op. 1 No. 1, D33/E1 (1759?)^[29] Symphony/Overture in B flat major, Op. 4 No. 2, E8 (1762)^[30] Symphony in B flat major, Op. 7 No. 2, E14 (1767)^[31] Symphony in B flat major, Op. 10 No. 2, E20 (1773)^[32] Symphony/Overture in B flat major, Op. 14 No. 4, E28^[33] Sinfonia in B flat major, Op. 17 No. 2, E32 (1783)^[34] Sinfonia in B flat major, Op. 17 No. 5, E35 (1783) Symphony in B flat major, Six Prussian Symphonies No. 2, E42 Symphony in B flat major, Six Prussian Symphonies, No. 5, E45

References

• Bryan, Paul, Johann Waṅhall, Viennese Symphonist: His Life and His Musical Environment Stuyvesant: Pendragon Press (1997)
• Hill, George R.: "Thematic Index" in The Symphony 1720–1840 Series B - Volume X, ed. Barry S. Brooks (New York & London, 1981)

Notes and References

1. Web site: CPE Bach Symphony Catalog. University of Quebec. 2007-12-20.
2. "Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach" in Nolte, Ewald V., ed., . Dates based on early copies by Johann Friedrich Peter. Madison, Wis.: A-R Editions, 1982. Preface page xi. . .
3. Composition dates from Gustav Ernest’s biography of Berger. Premiere: Book: de Wolfe Howe, Mark Antony. The Boston Symphony Orchestra: An Autobiographical Sketch. 254. 1914. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston; New York. 2008-05-02. 862300.
4. https://repertoire-explorer.musikmph.de/wp-content/uploads/vorworte_prefaces/1936.html Preface to MPH Score
5. Web site: Boccherini Symphony Catalog. University of Quebec. 2007-12-20.
6. Book: Chadwick, George Whitefield. Edwardsville, Illinois. 1-932419-01-2. Reprint of First (1888) Arthur P. Schmidt Publication of Chadwick Second Symphony. 2003. Serenissima Music. 2007-12-20.
7. Web site: Page for Cohn Fifth Symphony. Boosey and Hawkes. 2008-05-02.
8. (Danzi symphony B-dur - this is sometimes misinterpreted as "B major" leading to references to a Danzi symphony in B, but B-dur means B-flat major)
9. Hill (1981), pp. xxxvii - xxx
10. Holograph (signed and dated) score at IMSLP.
11. Web site: British Symphonies on CD, Page 1: British and Commonwealth Symphonies from the 19th Century to the Present. 2009-01-02. 2007. Herman. Michael. Musicweb International.
12. Web site: Benjamin Godard - Symphony in B-flat, Op.57 (ca. 1879). Wagstaff. John. 2019. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. 28 April 2023.
13. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.1%2C_Op.13_(Haarklou%2C_Johannes) Manuscript score at IMSLP
14. Web site: Barnett. Rob. Review of cpo Recording of Two Herzogenberg Symphonies. MusicWeb International. April 2007. 2007-12-20.
15. Web site: Badley. Allan. Artaria Edition. Publishers' Notes for Hofmann Symphony Badley Bb1. 1995. 2008-05-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707164505/http://www.artaria.com/SystemLink_ProductAboutThisWork_241. 2011-07-07. dead.
16. Web site: Schlüren . Christoph . 2003 . Preface to Score of d'Indy Second Symphony . Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich . 28 April 2023.
17. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.3_(Ives%2C_Charles)
18. Web site: Pursglove. Glyn. Review of Sinfonias by Pichl. March 2007. MusicWeb International. 2009-01-02.
19. Web site: Badley. Allan. Publisher's Description of Pleyel Symphony Benton 125. Artaria Editions. 1998. 2008-05-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707164509/http://www.artaria.com/SystemLink_ProductAboutThisWork_260. 2011-07-07. dead.
20. See parts at IMSLP.
21. Web site: Description of Raff 7th Symphony. Raff Society. 2007-12-18.
22. Web site: Page Describing Roussel Second Symphony. Edward. Hoornaert. Albert Roussel Homepage. 2007-12-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20080110150100/http://www.opus1.com/~ehoornaert/roussel/23_sym2.htm. 2008-01-10. dead.
23. Book: Dibble, Jeremy. Charles Villiers Stanford: man and musician. 0-19-816383-5. Oxford University Press. 2002. 78–79. Oxford; New York. 2008-05-02.
24. Web site: Schlüren. Christoph. 2003. Preface to Score of Svendsen Second Symphony. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. 28 April 2023.
25. Bryan (1997), 342 - 343. This one was attributed to Joseph Haydn at one time.
26. Bryan (1997), 343 - 344. Another one which has been attributed to Haydn.
27. Bryan (1997), 346.
28. Web site: Preface to Score of Zemlinsky B-flat Symphony. Universal Edition/MusikProduktion Juergen Hoeflich. 28 April 2023. 2002.
29. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_in_B-flat_major,_WK_1_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
30. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_in_B-flat_major,_WK_8_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
31. https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Symphonies,_Op.7_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
32. https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Symphonies,_Op.10_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
33. https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Overtures,_Op.14_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
34. https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Symphonies,_Op.17_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project