Symphony No.3, Op.90 (Holbrooke, Joseph)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 movements
Composition Year	1925 April, Harlech (completion)
Genre Categories	Symphonies; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra

Sheet Music

I. Warships
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II. Hospitalships
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III. Merchantships
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Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	London: J. & W. Chester, [1929].
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	The Worldcat listing gives ©1929.
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Work Title	Symphony No.3
Alternative. Title	Ships symphony ; Nelson Symphony ; Our Navy
Composer	Holbrooke, Joseph
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.90
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IJH 45
Key	E minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 movements: I. Warships. Allegro e con fuoco II. Hospitalships. Larghetto espressivo (opens in E♭ major, ends in B♭ minor) III. Merchantships. Finale marcia - Poco allegro marcato (E minor, E major in the last few pages)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1925 April, Harlech (completion)
First Performance.	1936 March 30. Budapest Symphony Orchestra conducted by Zoltán Sámy (in Budapest?)
First Publication.	1929
Average DurationAvg. Duration	40-45 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Early 20th century
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	orchestra 3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (A/B♭), bass clarinet (A/B♭), alto saxophone (E♭), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon 4 horns (F), 3 trumpets (B♭), 3 trombones, euphonium, contrabass tuba timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, harps, strings

A cpo recording of this was released in 2019. There is an earlier historic Symposium recording which contains only the finale, performed in 1937.

Premiere information from "Joseph Holbrooke: Composer, Critic, and Musical Patriot" p.xlii.