List of symphonies in B-flat major

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

Composer Symphony
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Symphony for strings no. 2 (1773), Wq. 182/2, Helm 658[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 (by 1899) [2]
Luigi Boccherini
  • Symphony No. 5, Op. 12/5, G. 507 (1771)[3]
  • Symphony No. 12, Op. 35/6, G. 514 (1782)[3]
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)[4]
Ernest Chausson Symphony in B-flat, Op. 20 (1890)
James Cohn Symphony No. 5 for chamber orchestra (1959) [5]
Franz Danzi

Symphony, P. 222[6]

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 (1850)
Florian Leopold Gassmann Symphonies Hill 15, 25, 41, 62, 113.[7] There is also a symphony in B-flat which has been attributed to both Haydn and Gassmann.
Friedrich Gernsheim Symphony No. 4, Op. 62 (1895)[8]
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs Symphony No. 3 Westmoreland, Op. 104 (1944)[9]
Alexander Glazunov Symphony No. 5, Op. 55 (1896)
Joseph Haydn
Michael Haydn
Heinrich von Herzogenberg Symphony No. 2, Op. 70 (1890)[10]
Alfred Hill
  • Symphony No. 1 The Maori (1896–1900)[9]
  • Symphony No. 6 Celtic (1956)[9]
Paul Hindemith Symphony in B flat for Concert Band (1951)
Leopold Hofmann Symphony (Badley Bb1) (by 1763)[11]
Richard Hol Symphony No. 3, Op. 101 (1867/84)
Vincent d'Indy Symphony No. 2, Op. 57 (1902-3)[12]
George Alexander Macfarren Symphony No. 6 (1836)[9]
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)[13]
Ignaz Pleyel
  • Symphony, Benton 125 (1782-4)[14]
  • Symphony, Benton 132 (published 1792)[15]
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 5, Op. 100 (1944)
Joachim Raff Symphony No. 7, Op. 201 "In den Alpen" (1875)[16]
Emil von Reznicek Symphony No. 2 (1904)
Albert Roussel Symphony No. 2, Op. 23 (1919–21)[17]
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)[18]
Johan Svendsen Symphony No. 2, Op. 15 (1874)[19]
Karol Szymanowski Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 (1909/10)
Johann Baptist Wanhal
  • Symphony, Bryan Bb1[20]
  • Symphony, Bryan Bb2[21]
  • Symphony, Bryan Bb3[21]
  • Symphony, Bryan Bb4[22]
  • Symphony, Bryan Bb5[22]
Robert Volkmann Symphony No. 2, Op. 53 (1864-5)
Samuel Wesley Symphony (1802)[9]
Alexander von Zemlinsky Symphony No. 2 (1897)[23]

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. 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. "Boccherini Symphony Catalog". University of Quebec. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  4. 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.
  5. "Page for Cohn Fifth Symphony". Boosey and Hawkes. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  6. 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)
  7. Hill (1981), pp. xxxvii - xxx
  8. Holograph (signed and dated) score at IMSLP.
  9. 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.
  10. Barnett, Rob (April 2007). "Review of cpo Recording of Two Herzogenberg Symphonies". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  11. Badley, Allan (1995). "Publishers' Notes for Hofmann Symphony Badley Bb1". Artaria Edition. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  12. Schlüren, Christoph (2003). "Preface to Score of d'Indy Second Symphony". Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  13. Pursglove, Glyn (March 2007). "Review of Sinfonias by Pichl". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  14. 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.
  15. Recent researches in the music of the Classical Era. v. 8 - Periodical symphonies: numbers 1 and 14 at Google Books
  16. "Description of Raff 7th Symphony". Raff Society. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
  17. Hoornaert, Edward. "Page Describing Roussel Second Symphony". Albert Roussel Homepage. Archived from the original on 2008-01-10. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  18. 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.
  19. Schlüren, Christoph (2003). "Preface to Score of Svendsen Second Symphony". Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  20. Bryan (1997), 342 - 343. This one was attributed to Joseph Haydn at one time.
  21. Bryan (1997), 343 - 344. Another one which has been attributed to Haydn.
  22. Bryan (1997), 346.
  23. "Preface to Score of Zemlinsky B-flat Symphony". Universal Edition/MusikProduktion Juergen Hoeflich. 2002. Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2007-12-18.

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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