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Sheet Music
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| Publisher. Info.
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Holograph manuscript, 1889.
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| Copyright
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| Misc. Notes
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Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 4167. This version has been recorded once only and apparently remains otherwise unpublished, unlike the 1910 revision.
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| Purchase
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General Information
| Work Title
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Symphony No.4
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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ICP 83
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| Key
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E minor
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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5 movements (4 in revised form)
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1889, revised 1910
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| First Performance.
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1889/07/01
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| First Publication.
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1910? (Novello) (revision)
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| Dedication
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Hans Richter
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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43 minutes (1889); 40 minutes (1910)
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons + 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba + timpani + strings
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| External Links
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Wikipedia article (Dutch)
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| Extra Information
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Thesis: Riley, M 2019, Style, Character and Revelation in Parry’s Fourth Symphony. in S Collins (ed.), Music and Victorian Liberalism: Composing the Liberal Subject. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 129-150. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108628778.007
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Navigation etc.
Parry substantially rewrote the symphony (including a new scherzo) in 1910, removing the 2-minute Intermezzo for example.
