Symphony No. 1 (Dvořák)

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The Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 3, B. 9, subtitled "The Bells of Zlonice", was composed by Antonín Dvořák during February and March of 1865.

[edit] Form

The work is in four movements:

1. Maestoso – Allegro
2. Adagio molto
3. Allegretto
4. Finale (Allegro animato)

A typical performance of the work has a duration of about fifty minutes.

[edit] Instrumentation

The work is scored for an orchestra of two flutes (one doubling piccolo), two oboes (one doubling English horn), two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, and strings.

[edit] External links

• http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/dvorak_sym1.html

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