List of symphonies in C minor explained

This is a list of symphonies in C minor written by notable composers.

ComposerSymphony
Hugo Alfvén, Från havsbandet op. 39 (1918–19)
Boris ArapovSymphony No. 1 (1947)
Thomas ArneSymphony No. 4 (ca 1767)
Edgar BaintonSymphony No. 3 (completed 1956)[1]
Ludwig van BeethovenSymphony No. 5, op. 67 (1808)
Felix BlumenfeldSymphony Op. 39 To the Beloved Dead (by 1909)
Luigi BoccheriniSymphony No. 17, op. 41 G. 519 (1788)[2]
Johannes BrahmsSymphony No. 1, op. 68 (1862–76)
Havergal Brian
  • (1953–54)[3]
  • Symphony No. 27 (1966)[4]
  • (1967)
Anton Bruckner
Norbert BurgmüllerSymphony No. 1, op. 2 (1831–33)[5]
Antonio Casimir CartellieriSymphony No. 1 (1795)
Alfredo CasellaSymphony No. 2, op. 12 (1908–09)
Frederic CliffeSymphony No. 1 (1889)[6]
Frederic Hymen Cowen Scandinavian (1880)
Carl CzernySymphony No. 1, Op. 781
Antonín DvořákSymphony No. 1, B. 9 "The Bells of Zlonice" (1865)
Edward ElgarSymphony No. 3, Op. 88 (1997 completion of a work left unfinished in 1934)
Louise Farrenc, op. 32 (1841)
Josef Bohuslav Foerster, op. 54 "Easter Eve" (1905)
Niels Gade, op. 5 (1842)
Friedrich GernsheimSymphony No. 3, op. 54 "Mirjam" (1888)
Louis GlassSymphony No. 2 (with chorus), op. 28 (1899) [7]
Alexander GlazunovSymphony No. 6, op. 58 (1896)
Reinhold GlièreSymphony No. 2, op. 25 (1907–08)
Edvard GriegSymphony in C minor EG 119 (1863–64)
Johan HalvorsenSymphony No. 1 (1923)
Asger HamerikSymphony No. 2, op. 32 Symphonie tragique (1882–83) [8]
Joseph Haydn
William HerschelSymphony No. 8 (1761)
Heinrich von HerzogenbergSymphony No. 1, op. 50
Richard HolSymphony No. 1 (1863)
Jānis IvanovsSymphony No. 7 (1953)
Salomon JadassohnSymphony No. 4, op. 101 (1889)
Dmitry Kabalevsky
Hugo KaunSymphony No. 2, Opus 85 (dedicated to Peter Raabe)[9]
Tikhon KhrennikovSymphony No. 2 (1940, rev. 1942)
August Klughardt
  • op. 57 (1897)
  • Symphony No. 5, op. 71 (Orchestration of his lost String Sextet in C sharp minor)
Joseph Martin Kraus
  • Symphony in C minor, VB 142 (a reworking of the Symphony in C-sharp minor, VB 140)
  • Symphonie funèbre in C minor
Franz KrommerSymphony No. 4, op. 102 (published in 1821)
Joseph KüffnerSymphony No. 4, op. 141
Franz LachnerSymphony No. 5 "Passionata" op. 52 (1835)[10]
Albéric Magnard, op. 4 (1890)[11]
Gustav MahlerSymphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (1888–94)
Witold MaliszewskiSymphony No. 3, op. 14
Daniel Gregory MasonSymphony No. 1, op. 11 (1913–14)
Felix MendelssohnSymphony No. 1, op. 11 (1824)
Nikolai Myaskovsky
John Knowles PaineSymphony No. 1, op. 23 (1875)[12]
Boris ParsadanianSymphony No. 1 op. 5 (1958)
Ignaz Pleyel
  • Symphony, Benton 121 (1778)[13]
Florence PriceSymphony No. 3 (1940)
Sergei ProkofievSymphony No. 3, op. 44 (1928)
Carl ReineckeSymphony No. 2, Hakon Jarl, op. 134 (1874)
Franz Xaver Richter
  • Symphony, Riemann 13 (ca. 1740)[14]
  • Sinfonia "Number 12" (published 1759)[15]
Ferdinand Ries, op. 80 (1814)[16]
Julius RöntgenSymphony No. 3 (1910)[17]
Camille Saint-SaënsSymphony No. 3, op. 78 "Organ" (1886)
Xaver ScharwenkaSymphony, op. 60 (1885)
Ernest SchellingSymphony in C minor[18]
Franz SchubertSymphony No. 4, D. 417 "Tragic"
Alexander Scriabin
Dmitri Shostakovich
Alice Mary SmithSymphony No. 1 (1863)
Louis Spohr
  • , op. 78 (1828)[19]
  • Symphony No. 5, op. 102 (1837)[20]
Josef SukSymphony No. 2, op. 27 "Asrael" (1904–06)[21]
Sergei Taneyev, op. 12 (1896–98)[22]
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskySymphony No. 2, op. 17 "Little Russian" (1879)
Eduard Tubin ETW 1 (1931–34)
Johann Baptist Wanhal
  • Symphony, Bryan c1
  • Symphony, Bryan c2 (by 1772)[23]
Felix WeingartnerSymphony No. 5, op. 71 (1924)[24]
Richard WetzSymphony No. 1, op. 40 (1915–16)
Christoph Ernst Friedrich WeyseSymphony No. 6, DF 122 (1798, ref. ca. 1800) [25]
Johann Wilhelm Wilms
  • Symphony No. 4, Op. 23
  • Symphony No. 7
Felix WoyrschSymphony No. 1 (1908)
Paul WranitzkySymphony, op. 11 (published 1791)[26]
Richard WüerstSymphony No. 3 (1861) [27]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Announcement of Recording of Bainton Third Symphony. Records International. July 2007. 2008-05-03.
  2. Web site: Quebec University Boccherini Symphonies Page. fr. 2007-12-06.
  3. Web site: Description of Brian Tenth Symphony. Havergal Brian Society. 2007-12-07. September 2007.
  4. Web site: Description of Brian 27th Symphony. Havergal Brian Society. 2007-12-07. September 2007.
  5. Web site: Zehnder-Tischendorf. Klaus. February 2001. Burgmuller Worklist. 2007-12-06. https://archive.today/20010903214108/http://www.burgmueller.com/werke_e.html. 2001-09-03. dead.
  6. Web site: MusicWeb International. December 2000. S&H Concert Review: Frederick CLIFFE Symphony No 1 in C minor Lambeth Orchestra/ Christopher Fifield St Luke's Church, West Norwood, London SE27 16 December 2000.. Foreman. Lewis.
  7. Web site: Description Page for Recording of Louis Glass Second Symphony. Danacord Records. 2001. 2008-05-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20080612200825/http://www.danacord.dk/records/543.html. 2008-06-12. dead.
  8. Web site: Description Page for Recording of Hamerik Symphonies 1 and 2. Dacapo Records. 1997. 2008-05-03.
  9. Web site: Hugo Kaun: Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Werke. de. 1. 2008-12-07.
  10. Book: Brodbeck, David Lee. Brahms Studies, vol. 2. 117. 0-8032-1287-9. 1998. University of Nebraska Press in affiliation with the American Brahms Society. Lincoln, Nebraska. 2008-05-03.
  11. Web site: Description of Magnard's Symphonies. 20 September 2009.
  12. Paine, John K.; Schmidt, John C., ed. (1991) . A-R Editions. page vii.
  13. Web site: Publisher's Notes for Pleyel Symphony Benton 121. Badley. Allan. 1998. Artaria Edition. 2017-09-19.
  14. Web site: Publisher's Notes for Richter's Symphony "Riemann 13". Badley. Allan. 1997. Artaria Edition. 19 September 2017.
  15. Web site: Publisher's Notes for Richter's Sinfonia "Number 12". Badley. Allan. 1998. Artaria Edition. 19 September 2017.
  16. Web site: Howell. Christopher. Review of cpo Recording of Ries' First Two Symphonies. MusicWeb International. July 2001. 2008-05-02.
  17. Web site: Announcement of cpo Recording of Röntgen Symphony. Records International. March 2007. 2008-05-03.
  18. Book: Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 6. 352. 1920. New York. Macmillan. Pratt, Waldo Selden. Grove, George. Fuller-Maitland, John Alexander. John Alexander Fuller Maitland. Newell Boyd, Charles . 2008-05-03. 42610879. .
  19. Web site: Robinson. Bradford. Online Publication of Preface to Score of Spohr's 3rd Symphony. 2006. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. 2020-08-24.
  20. Web site: Dietz. Peter. de. Online Publication of Preface to Score of Spohr's 5th Symphony. 2006. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. 2020-08-24.
  21. Web site: Grim. William. Online Publication of Preface to Score of Suk's Asrael Symphony. 2006. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. 2020-08-24.
  22. Web site: Robinson. Bradford. Online Publication of Preface to Score of Taneyev's 4th Symphony. 2006. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. 2020-08-24.
  23. Web site: Notes to Recording of Wanhal Symphony Bryan c2. Naxos Records. 2008-04-27. Bryan. Paul. Badley, Allan . 2005.
  24. Web site: Announcement of Recording of Weingartner 5th Symphony. Records International. January 2008. 2008-05-03.
  25. Web site: Walker. Raymond. MusicWeb International. WEYSE Symphonies : Classical Reviews. January 2002. 2008-04-27.
  26. Web site: Golding. Robin. 2002. Notes to Recording of Wranitzky Symphonies. Chandos Records. 2007-12-07.
  27. "Review of Wüerst Symphony No. 3 and Violin Concerto"