Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 4 movements |
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Composition Year | 1839 Summer |
Genre Categories | Symphonies; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; |
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Work Title | Symphony No.6 |
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Alternative. Title | Historische Symphonie im Styl und Geschmack vier verschiedener Zeitabschnitte für Orchester |
Composer | Spohr, Louis |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.116 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ILS 124 |
Key | G major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 4 movements:
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1839 Summer |
First Performance. | 1840-04-06 — London, under George Smart (if not earlier?) |
First Publication. | 1842 – Vienna: Pietro Mechetti |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 25-30 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B♭/C), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (2 in D/G/E♭, 2 in D), 2 trumpets (B♭), 3 trombones + timpani, triangle, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals + strings |
Discography | All Music Guide (gives inaccurate (first) publication date of 1942) |
External Links | Hyperion Records Wikipedia article (in Japanese) |
Composed July-August 1839 according to Brown, "Louis Spohr: A Critical Biography". Given its first London performance 6 April 1840 (which may well have been the premiere.)
At least 4 commercial recordings, on Hyperion, cpo, Naxos (reissued from Marco Polo), and Orfeo.
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