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This is a list of symphonies in B-flat major written by notable composers.

Composer Symphony
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Symphony Wq.182:2 / H658[1]
Johann Christian Bach
  • Symphony Op. 3 No. 4 \ WC 4
  • Symphony Op. 6 No. 4 \ WC 10
  • Symphony WC 17a
  • Symphony Op. 9 No. 1 \ WC 17b
  • Symphony WCInc1
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
  • Symphony BR C6 (by 1768)
  • Symphony BR C28
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 4, Op. 60 (1806)
Wilhelm Berger Symphony No. 1, Op. 71 (1896-7, premiered in 1898) [2][3]
Luigi Boccherini
  • Symphony No. 5, Op. 12/5, G. 507 (1771)[4]
  • Symphony No. 12, Op. 35/6, G. 514 (1782)[4]
Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 5 (1876)
Fritz Brun
  • Symphony No. 2 (1911)
  • Symphony No. 10 (1953)
George Whitefield Chadwick Symphony No. 2, Op. 21 (1886)[5]
Ernest Chausson Symphony in B-flat, Op. 20 (1890)
James Cohn Symphony No. 5 for chamber orchestra (1959) [6]
Franz Danzi

Symphony, P. 222[7]

Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 2, Op. 4, B. 12 (1865)
Eduard Franck Symphony (1858 - lost)

Symphony No. 2, Op. 52 (1883)

Niels Gade Symphony No. 4, Op. 20 [nl] (1850)
Florian Leopold Gassmann Symphonies Hill 15, 25, 41, 62, 113.[8] There is also a symphony in B-flat which has been attributed to both Haydn and Gassmann.
Friedrich Gernsheim Symphony No. 4, Op. 62 [nl] (1895)[9]
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs Symphony No. 3 Westmoreland, Op. 104 (1944)[10]
Alexander Glazunov Symphony No. 5, Op. 55 (1896)
Mikhail Glinka Symphony in B flat major (sketched and left unfinished in 1824, completed by Petr Klimov)
Benjamin Godard Symphony No. 2(5), Op.57 (1879)[11]
Johannes Haarklou Symphony No. 1 (1883)[12]
Joseph Haydn
Michael Haydn
Heinrich von Herzogenberg Symphony No. 2, Op. 70 (1890)[13]
Alfred Hill
Paul Hindemith Symphony in B flat for Concert Band (1951)
Leopold Hofmann Symphony (Badley Bb1) (by 1763)[14]
Richard Hol Symphony No. 3, Op. 101 (1867/84)
Vincent d'Indy Symphony No. 2, Op. 57 [fr] (1902-3)[15]
Charles Ives Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting" (1904-11)[16]
George Alexander Macfarren Symphony No. 6 (1836)[10]
Felix Mendelssohn Lobgesang, symphony-cantata (Symphony No. 2), Op. 52 (1840)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger Symphony No. 1, Baneret (1889–1903/1932–3)
Václav Pichl Symphony Melpomene (Zakin 14) (1768/9)[17]
Ignaz Pleyel
  • Symphony, Benton 125 (1782-4)[18]
  • Symphony, Benton 132 (published 1792)[19]
  • Symphony, Benton 135 (published 1787)[20]
  • Symphony, Benton 150 (published 1799)[20]
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 5, Op. 100 (1944)
Joachim Raff Symphony No. 7, Op. 201 "In den Alpen" (1875)[21]
Emil von Reznicek Symphony No. 2 (1904)
Jean Rivier Symphony No. 4 for Strings (1941)
Antonio Rosetti Symphony M.A49, Op.13 Book 1 (published by André in 1794)[20]
Albert Roussel Symphony No. 2, Op. 23 [nl] (1919–21)[22]
Franz Schubert
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1, Op. 38 "Spring" (1841)
Harold Shapero Symphony for Classical Orchestra (1947)
Charles Villiers Stanford Symphony No. 1 (by 1875)[23]
Johan Svendsen Symphony No. 2, Op. 15 (1874-6)[24]
Karol Szymanowski Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 (1909/10)
Sergei Taneyev Symphony No. 2 [nl] (incomplete, 1875)
Johann Baptist Wanhal
  • Symphony, Bryan Bb1[25]
  • Symphony, Bryan Bb2[26]
  • Symphony, Bryan Bb3[26]
  • Symphony, Bryan Bb4[27]
  • Symphony, Bryan Bb5[27]
Robert Volkmann Symphony No. 2, Op. 53 (1864-5)
Samuel Wesley Symphony (1802)[10]
Alexander von Zemlinsky Symphony No. 2 (1897)[28]

See also

For symphonies in other keys, see List of symphonies by key.

Notes

  1. ^ "CPE Bach Symphony Catalog". University of Quebec. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  2. ^ Composition dates from Gustav Ernest’s biography of Berger. Premiere: de Wolfe Howe, Mark Antony (1914). The Boston Symphony Orchestra: An Autobiographical Sketch. Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 254. OCLC 862300. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  3. ^ Preface to MPH Score
  4. ^ a b "Boccherini Symphony Catalog". University of Quebec. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  5. ^ Chadwick, George Whitefield (2003). Reprint of First (1888) Arthur P. Schmidt Publication of Chadwick Second Symphony. Edwardsville, Illinois: Serenissima Music. ISBN 1-932419-01-2. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  6. ^ "Page for Cohn Fifth Symphony". Boosey and Hawkes. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  7. ^ OCLC 173252253 (Danzi symphony B-dur - this is sometimes misinterpreted as "B major" leading to references to a Danzi symphony in B, but B-dur means B-flat major)
  8. ^ Hill (1981), pp. xxxvii - xxx
  9. ^ Holograph (signed and dated) score at IMSLP.
  10. ^ a b c d e Herman, Michael (2007). "British Symphonies on CD, Page 1: British and Commonwealth Symphonies from the 19th Century to the Present". Musicweb International. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  11. ^ Wagstaff, John (2019). "Benjamin Godard - Symphony in B-flat, Op.57 (ca. 1879)". Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  12. ^ Manuscript score at IMSLP (date from MIC, which claims the work has choral parts that do not appear in the ca.1908 manuscript at IMSLP.)
  13. ^ Barnett, Rob (April 2007). "Review of cpo Recording of Two Herzogenberg Symphonies". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  14. ^ Badley, Allan (1995). "Publishers' Notes for Hofmann Symphony Badley Bb1". Artaria Edition. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  15. ^ Schlüren, Christoph (2003). "Preface to Score of d'Indy Second Symphony". Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  16. ^ https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.3_(Ives%2C_Charles)
  17. ^ Pursglove, Glyn (March 2007). "Review of Sinfonias by Pichl". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  18. ^ Badley, Allan (1998). "Publisher's Description of Pleyel Symphony Benton 125". Artaria Editions. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  19. ^ Recent researches in the music of the Classical Era. v. 8 - Periodical symphonies: numbers 1 and 14 at Google Books
  20. ^ a b c See parts at IMSLP.
  21. ^ "Description of Raff 7th Symphony". Raff Society. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
  22. ^ Hoornaert, Edward. "Page Describing Roussel Second Symphony". Albert Roussel Homepage. Archived from the original on 2008-01-10. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  23. ^ Dibble, Jeremy (2002). Charles Villiers Stanford: man and musician. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 78–79. ISBN 0-19-816383-5. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  24. ^ Schlüren, Christoph (2003). "Preface to Score of Svendsen Second Symphony". Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  25. ^ Bryan (1997), 342 - 343. This one was attributed to Joseph Haydn at one time.
  26. ^ a b Bryan (1997), 343 - 344. Another one which has been attributed to Haydn.
  27. ^ a b Bryan (1997), 346.
  28. ^ "Preface to Score of Zemlinsky B-flat Symphony". Universal Edition/MusikProduktion Juergen Hoeflich. 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

References

  • Bryan, Paul, Johann Waṅhall, Viennese Symphonist: His Life and His Musical Environment Stuyvesant: Pendragon Press (1997)
  • Hill, George R.: "Thematic Index" in The Symphony 1720–1840 Series B - Volume X, ed. Barry S. Brooks (New York & London, 1981) ISBN 0-8240-3807-X
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