Symphony No.3, Op.55 (Hesse, Adolf Friedrich)

First Publication	1835 - Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister (plate 2052?)
Genre Categories	Symphonies; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

Sheet Music

Arrangements and Transcriptions

Larghetto

For Piano solo (Composer)

Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1834., dated 6 November
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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General Information

Work Title	Symphony No.3
Alternative. Title
Composer	Hesse, Adolf Friedrich
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.55
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IAH 15
Key	B minor
First Performance.	1834 November 6 or earlier
First Publication.	1835 - Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister (plate 2052?)
Dedication	Clara Schumann (Wieck) ; .und einer resp. deutschen Concert-Gesellschaft zu Breslau hochachtungsvoll zuggeignet
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	orchestra (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, strings)
External Links	Fleisher Collection

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Wrocław University Library has, according to the NUKAT catalog, 22 orchestral parts for the 3rd symphony (Hofmeister publication, estimated by them to be first edition from the plate.) NUKAT also lists symphony 2 and a number of other AF Hesse works. (Other major sources include ÖNB.)

AMZ for 8 April 1835, pp.235-6, refers to a composer-conducted performance, Leipzig. The archives of the Leipzig Gewandhaus gives a date of 6 November 1834 for this performance, a concert that also included the (a) piano concerto by Hesse and his piano Rondo capriccioso along with works by Carl M Weber.