List of symphonies in F major explained

This is a list of symphonies in F major written by notable composers.

ComposerSymphony
Carl Friedrich Abel
  • Symphony/Overture in F major, Op. 1 No. 5, D30/E5 (1759?)[1]
  • Symphony in F major, Op. 7 No. 4, E16 (1767)[2]
Eugen d'AlbertSymphony, Op. 4 (1886)[3]
Kurt AtterbergSymphony No. 2, Op. 6 (1911–13)[4]
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Symphony in F major, Wq. 175 / H.650 (1755, rev. later)
  • Symphony in F major, Wq. 181 / H.656 (1758, rev. 1762?)
  • Symphony in F major, Wq. 183:3 / H.665 (1775)[5]
Johann Christian Bach
  • Symphony, Op. 3 No. 5, W C5
  • Symphony, Op. 8 No. 4, W C15
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
  • Symphony in F major, BR-JCFB C 5 / Wf I: 1 (ca. 1768)[6]
  • Symphony in F major, BR-JCFB C 20 / Wf I/12 (ca. 1792, lost)
Arnold BaxSymphony in F major (1907, piano score; 2012–13 orchestrated by Martin Yates)
Franz Ignaz Beck
  • Symphony, Op. 1 No. 2, Callen 2 (published 1758)[7]
  • Symphony, op. 3 no. 1, Callen 13 (published 1762)[8]
  • Symphony, Op. 4 No. 3, Callen 21 (published 1766)[9]
Ludwig van Beethoven
Luigi BoccheriniSymphony, Op. 35 No. 4, G. 512 (1782)[10]
Léon BoëllmannSymphony, Op. 24[11]
Johannes BrahmsSymphony No. 3, Op. 90 (1883)
Havergal BrianSymphony No. 26 (1969)
Frederick BridgeSymphony "Resurgam" (1897)[12]
Fritz BrunSymphony No. 9 "Symphony-Suite" (1949–50)
Christian CannabichSinfonia, Op. 10 No. 4, Cannabich 49 (published 1772)[13]
George Whitefield ChadwickSymphony No. 3 (1894)
Frederic Hymen CowenSymphony No. 5 (1887)[14]
William CrotchSymphony in F (by 1814)[15]
Ernst von DohnányiSymphony in F (1896)
Felix Draeseke, Op. 25 (1871/75-6)[16]
Antonín DvořákSymphony No. 5, Op. 76, B. 54 (1875)
Zdeněk Fibich, Op. 17 (1877–83)[17]
Niels Gade, Op. 45 (1864)
Alexander GlazunovSymphony No. 7, Op. 77 (1901-2)
Hermann GoetzSymphony, Op. 9 (1873)
François Joseph GossecSymphony, Op. 12 No. 6 (1769)
Théodore Gouvy, Op. 12[18]
Adalbert Gyrowetz
  • Symphonies in F major(ca. 1791, republished in a collection of four Gyrowetz symphonies and on J.L. Dussek symphony)[19]
  • Symphony, Op. 6 No. 3 (Rice's F1, probably before 1791)
  • Symphony, Op. 9 No. 3
  • Symphony, Op. 13 No. 2
Joseph Haydn
Michael Haydn
Leopold Hofmann
  • Symphony, Badley F1 (by 1767)[20]
  • Symphony, Badley F2 (ca. 1760)[21]
Gustav HolstSymphony "The Cotswolds", Op. 8 (1899-1900)
Hans HuberSymphony No. 5[22]
Jan KalivodaSymphony No. 6, Op. 132 (published 1845)
Sigfrid Karg-ElertSinfonia Brevis, Op. 1 (by 1897?)[23]
Kosaku YamadaSymphony "Triumph and Peace" (1912)
Leopold Kozeluch
  • Symphony op. 22 no. 2/P I:4
  • Symphony P I:F1
Joseph Martin Kraus
  • Sinfonia Buffa, VB 129
  • Symphony, VB 130
  • Symphony, VB 145
Franz KrommerSymphony No. 1, Op. 12 (published about 1798)
Joseph KüffnerSymphony No. 3, Op. 83
Franz LachnerSymphony No. 2, Op. 44 (by 1839)[24]
Rued Langgaard
  • Symphony No. 5 "Nature of the Steppe" (Two versions are available)
  • Symphony No. 7 "By Tordenskjold in Holmen Church" (Two versions are available)
  • Symphony No. 8 "Memories at Amalienborg" (1926–45)
  • Symphony No. 9 "From Queen Dagmar's City" (1942)
George LloydSymphony No. 3 (1933)
Giuseppe Martucci, Op. 81 (1904)[25]
William J. McCoySymphony (by 1872)
Erkki MelartinSymphony No. 3, Op. 40 (1906–07)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Nikolai MyaskovskySymphony No. 16, Op. 39, "Aviation" (1935–36)[26]
Zygmunt NoskowskiSymphony No. 3 "From Spring to Spring" (1903)
Hubert ParrySymphony No. 2 "Cambridge" (1882–87?)[27]
Ignaz Pleyel
  • Symphony no. 10 in F [28]
  • Symphonie Périodique No. 6, Op. 27[29]
Cipriani PotterSymphony No. 7 (1826)
Ebenezer ProutSymphony No. 3, Op. 22 (by 1885?)[30]
Joachim RaffSymphony No. 3 "Im Walde", Op. 153 (1869)[31]
Anton ReichaSymphony No. 3 (completed c. 1808) (see List of compositions by Anton Reicha)[32] [33]
Josef RheinbergerSymphony No. 2 "Florentine", Op. 87 (1875)[34]
Ferdinand Ries, Op. 110 (1818)[35]
Jean RivierSymphony No. 7 "Les Contrastes" (1960)
Anton Rubinstein, Op. 40 (1850)[36]
Camille Saint-SaënsSymphony "Urbs Roma" (1856)[37]
Christian SindingSymphony No. 3, Op. 121 (1919)[38]
Louis SpohrSymphony No. 4 "Die Weihe der Töne", Op. 86 (1832)
Carl StamitzSymphony, Op. 24 No. 3
Johann StamitzSymphony, Op. 4 No. 1 (Wolf F3)
Charles Villiers Stanford, Op. 31 (by 1889)[39]
Wilhelm StenhammarSymphony No. 1 (1902–03, disowned))[40]
Max TrappSymphony No. 5, Op. 33 (premiered 1937)[41] [42]
Felix WeingartnerSymphony No. 4, Op. 61 (1916–17)[43]
Richard WüerstPreis-Symphonie, Op. 21 (by 1850?)[44]

Notes and References

  1. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_in_F_major,_WK_5_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
  2. https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Symphonies,_Op.7_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
  3. Web site: British Symphonies on CD Page 1. MusicWeb International. 2007. 23 November 2007.
  4. Web site: Lace. Ian. Review of Recording of Atterberg Symphonies 2 and 5. MusicWeb International. July 2002. 23 November 2007.
  5. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_in_F_major,_H.665_(Bach,_Carl_Philipp_Emanuel) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
  6. "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. . .
  7. Web site: Beck Symphony op. 1 no. 2. Beck. Franz Ignaz. Badley, Allan. 1997. Artaria Editions. Wellington, NZ. 19 September 2017. 39295085.
  8. Web site: Beck Symphony op. 3 no. 1. Beck. Franz Ignaz. Badley, Allan. 1998. Artaria Editions. Wellington, NZ. 19 September 2017. 40564487.
  9. Web site: Beck Symphony op. 4 no. 4. Beck. Franz Ignaz. Badley, Allan . 1999. Artaria Editions. Wellington, NZ. 19 September 2017. 43189369.
  10. Web site: Boccherini Symphony Catalog at U. Quebec. 25 November 2007.
  11. Book: Publisher's Catalog, including Boëllmann Symphony . Durand-Salabert-Eschig . Paris . 38 . 24 August 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081031155925/http://www.durand-salabert-eschig.com/formcat/location/cata_location_09.2006_small.pdf . 31 October 2008.
  12. Bekker, Leander Jan de., page 86.
  13. Web site: Cannabich Sinfonia op. 10 no. 4. Cannabich. Christian. Badley, Allan. 1997. Artaria Editions. Wellington, NZ. 9 December 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20120215012534/http://www.artaria.com/SystemLink_ProductAboutThisWork_207. 15 February 2012. dead. . .
  14. MARC Record at the Free Library of Philadelphia (catalog.freelibrary.org) for Cowen's 5th Symphony
  15. . p. 249.
  16. Web site: Draeseke Worklist. International Draeseke Society. 24 November 2007.
    Web site: Preface to Score of Draeseke 2nd Symphony (from Notes to cpo Recording of the Same). de, en. 29 August 2020. 2003. Schlüren. Christoph.
  17. Web site: Robinson. Bradford. 2005. Online Publication of Preface to Score of Fibich First Symphony. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. 24 August 2020.
  18. Web site: Gouvy Symphony No. 2. University of Michigan Library. 7 May 2008.
  19. Book: Four Symphonies; One symphonie concertante : them. index 206. The Symphony, 1720–1840, Series B. 11. 978-0-8240-3826-7. Routledge . 1983. New York; London. Gyrowetz, Adalbert . Dussek, Jan Ladislav . Rice, John A..
  20. Web site: Hofmann Sinfonia Badley F1. Hofmann. Leopold. Badley, Allan. Artaria Editions. Wellington, NZ. 1995. 46912653. 8 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707164652/http://www.artaria.com/SystemLink_ProductAboutThisWork_240. 7 July 2011. dead. .
  21. Web site: Hofmann Sinfonia Badley F2. Hofmann. Leopold. Badley, Allan. Artaria Editions. Wellington, NZ. 1995. 40451016. 8 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707164702/http://www.artaria.com/SystemLink_ProductAboutThisWork_243. 7 July 2011. dead. .
  22. Web site: Review of Recording of Huber Fifth Symphony. MusicWeb International. May 1999. 22 November 2007. Lace. Ian.
  23. Web site: Answers.com Karg-Elert Page. . 9 August 2008.
  24. , page 62; Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung. 441–6. Nachrichten: Vorwort der Redakzion. Breitkopf und Härtel. Leipzig. German. June 1839. 8 May 2008. . Also see Wulf (1999) as per List of compositions by Franz Lachner.
  25. Web site: Schlüren. Christoph. de. 2004. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Online Publication of Preface to Score of Martucci Second Symphony. 29 August 2020.
  26. Web site: Opus by Miaskovsky . Rijen . Onno van . 22 November 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071210025510/http://home.wanadoo.nl/ovar/miasopus.htm . 10 December 2007 .
  27. Web site: Online Publication of Preface to Score of Parry Sym. 2. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. 2006. Brookes. Phillip. 29 August 2020.
  28. Book: Pleyel, Ignaz . Four symphonies : one symphonie concertante . Smith, Raymond R. . Townsend, Douglas . 1981 . Routledge (formerly Garland Publishing) . New York . 978-0-8240-3804-5 . 24 September 2013.
  29. Web site: Pleyel Pages. The Haydn Project. 8 May 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927050209/http://www.haydn.dk/mhc_pleyel.php. 27 September 2007. dmy-all. (possibly the same as Symphony no. 10 above. Benton number not known for either.)
  30. Web site: Prout Symphony 3. University of Michigan Libraries. 7 May 2008.
  31. Web site: Symphony No. 3 Im Walde. Raff.org. 22 November 2007.
  32. Book: Wyn-Jones, David. The Symphony in Beethoven's Vienna. 2006. Cambridge University Press. 8 May 2008. 978-0-521-86261-5.
  33. For 1808 date: Wyn-Jones, p. 105.
  34. Web site: Rheinberger Biography. Carus-Verlag. 23 November 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20090227215723/http://www.carus-verlag.com/index.php3?selSprache=1&BLink=ID3e635ceb4e830. 27 February 2009. dead.
  35. Web site: Review of Recording of Ries' Symphonies. MusicWeb International. Barnett. Rob. February 2007. 22 November 2007.
  36. Web site: Online Publication of Preface to Score of Rubinstein Symphony No. 1. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. 2004. Robinson. Bradford. 24 August 2020.
  37. Teller-Ratner, A Thematic Catalogue, Volume 1, pp.266-68. Autograph manuscript has dates 2 June-25 July 1856.
  38. Web site: Review of cpo Recording of Sinding's Symphonies 3 and 4. June 2004. Howell. Christopher. MusicWeb International. 7 May 2008.
  39. Web site: Online Publication of Preface to Score of Stanford Symphony 4. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. 2005. Brookes. Phillip. 29 August 2020.
  40. Score available at IMSLP
  41. The Musical Times. Musical Notes from Abroad. 271–274. 78. 1129. March 1937. Musical Times Publications. 0027-4666. 10.2307/918068. 918068 .
  42. has key, opus no., early publication —also 1937— and publisher (Leuckart) for Trapp's 5th symphony.
  43. Web site: Preface to Score of Weingartner's Symphony No. 4. Robinson. Bradford. 2005. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. 29 August 2020.
  44. .

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