List of symphonies in E minor

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This is a list of symphonies in E minor, to include all symphonies in the key of E minor written by notable composers, even when the particular symphony in question is one of the least performed by a famous composer.

Composer Symphony
Alexander Alyabyev Symphony (1830)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Symphony, Wotquenne 177, Helm 653 (exists in other versions) (Berlin 1756)[1]
Amy Beach Symphony, op. 32 "Gaelic" (1894-6)[2]
Joly Braga Santos Symphony No. 4, op. 16 (1949)[3]
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4, op. 98 (1885)
Havergal Brian Symphony No. 2 (1930-1)[4]
Frederic Cliffe Symphony No. 2, 1892
Felix Draeseke Symphony No. 4, WoO 38 "Symphonia Comica" (1912)[5]
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9, op. 95, B. 178 (1893)
Zdeněk Fibich Symphony No. 3, op. 53 (1898)[6]
Grzegorz Fitelberg Symphony No. 1, op. 16 (1904)[7][8]
Alberto Franchetti Symphony (1884)[9]
Wilhelm Furtwängler Symphony No. 2 (1944-5)
John Gardner Symphony No. 3, op. 189 (1989)[10]
Howard Hanson Symphony No. 1 "Nordic" (1922)
Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 44 "Trauer" (1770)
Alfred Hill Symphony No. 7 (1956 arrangement of Quartet No. 10, 1935)[11]
Ferdinand Hiller Symphony, »Es muss doch Fruhling werden« op. 67 [12]
Hans Huber Symphony No. 2 "Bocklinsymphonie", op. 115 (1897-8)[13]
Joseph Huber Symphony No. 3 »Durch Dunkel zum Licht«, op. 10[14]
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Symphony No. 1, op. 46 (1908)
Mieczysław Karłowicz Symphony, op. 7 "Revival" (1902)[15]
Hugo Kaun Symphony No. 3, op. 96 (1913)
Aram Khachaturian Symphony No. 1 (1934)[16], Symphony No. 2 "The Bell" (or "Symphony with Bells") (1943)[16]
Joseph Martin Kraus Symphony, VB 141 (possibly about 1782-3)[17]
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 7 (1906)
Nikolai Myaskovsky Symphony No. 4, op. 17 (1917-8)[18], Symphony No. 9, op. 28 (1926-7)[18]
Hubert Parry Symphony No. 4 (begun around 1888-9, premiered 1889, revised 1910)[19]
Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2, op. 27 (1907)
Joachim Raff Symphony No. 9, op. 208 "Im Sommer" (1878) [20][21]
Franz Xaver Richter Sinfonia (ca. 1740, published 1744)[22]
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony No. 1, op. 1 (revised version of 1884)
Roger Sessions Symphony No. 1 (1927)[23]
Yuri Shaporin Symphony (1932-3)
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 10, op. 93 (1948)
Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 1, op. 39 (1898)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, op. 64 (1888)
Johann Baptist Vanhal Symphony "Bryan e1", Symphony "Bryan e3" (possibly 1760-2)[24]
Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 6 (1948), Symphony No. 9 (1957)
Johannes Verhulst Symphony, op. 46[25]
Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse Symphony No. 4, DF 120 (1795)[26]

[edit] See also

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

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Schulenberg, David (December 2003). Concordance of C. P. E. Bach's works with Wotquenne and Helm numbers, Descriptions and Places and Dates where Available. Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
  2. ^ Block, Adrienne Fried (2003). Notes to Recording of Beach's Symphony. Naxos Records. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
  3. ^ Culot, Hubert (September 2001). Review of Recording of Braga Santos Symphony No. 4. MusicWeb International. Retrieved on 2007-12-09.
  4. ^ Description of Brian Second Symphony. Havergal Brian Society (September 2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
  5. ^ Draeseke Worklist. International Draeseke Society (2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-09.
  6. ^ Schlüren, Christoph (2004). Online Publication of Preface to Fibich Third Symphony. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
  7. ^ Profile of Grzegorz Fitelberg. Polish Culture: Polish Music Information Center. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
  8. ^ Fitelberg Symphony with link to Downloadable Score (PDF). University of Rochester Research. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
  9. ^ (Italian) Ferraresi, Alessia (July 21, 2007). Essay on Franchetti's Symphony. Alberto Franchetti: Official Site. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.
  10. ^ Conway, Paul (November 1999). The Symphonies of John Gardner. MusicWeb International. Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
  11. ^ Barnett, Rob (December 1999). Alfred Hill (1870-1960) Australian Golden Age Romantic: Four Compact Discs From Marco Polo. MusicWeb International. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.
  12. ^ Walter Frisch, Brahms: The Four Symphonies. New Haven: Yale University Press (2003): 7 - 10. Table 1-1, "A chronological listing of symphonies by contemporary composers published in the Austro-German sphere in the period between Schumann's Third and Brahms's First." Hiller's is listed under 1865 (its date of publication, as Frisch explains in a note on page 10). PDFs of this work can be downloaded from http://hdl.handle.net/1802/4410.
  13. ^ Schlüren, Christoph (2004). Online Publication of Preface to Huber Second Symphony Score. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
  14. ^ Walter Frisch, op. cit. Huber's was published in 1876.
  15. ^ Profile of Mieczysław Karłowicz. Polish Culture: Polish Music Information Center (March 2002). Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
  16. ^ a b Rijen, Onno van (November 4, 2007). Aram Khachaturian: Internet edition. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
  17. ^ van Boer, Bertil. Editorial Notes to Kraus E minor Symphony. Artaria Edition. Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
  18. ^ a b Rijen, Onno van (October 12, 2007). Compositions by Nikolai Miaskovsky. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
  19. ^ Benoliel, Bernard (1990). "Notes to Recording of Parry Fourth Symphony" (PDF). . Chandos Records Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
  20. ^ Leichtling, Dr. Avrohom (2006). Musikmph Preface for Raff 9th Symphony. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
  21. ^ Raff Symphony No. 9 Page, with accurate opus number. Raff Society Site. Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
  22. ^ Badley, Allan. Editorial Notes to Score of Richter E minor Sinfonia. Artaria Edition. Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
  23. ^ Hamm, Charles (1983). Roger Sessions and the Dilemma of Contemporary Classical Music. W. W. Norton & Co. Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
  24. ^ Bryan, Paul. Editorial Notes for and Questions about the Surviving Parts of Vanhal Symphony e3. Artaria Edition. Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
  25. ^ Walter Frisch, op. cit. Verhulst's was published in 1853.
  26. ^ Walker, Raymond (January 2002). Review of Recordings of Symphonies by Weyse. MusicWeb International. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.