Franz Peter Schubert lived a short life, not quite reaching his 32nd birthday. In that time, he wrote roughly one thousand pieces of music, most of them songs (usually referred to by the German word Lieder), but also a great deal of chamber music and ten or so symphonies, the exact number depending on whether you count only the completed ones. Different editions of his work number the symphonies differently, so, unlike, say, Beethoven’s they’re rarely referred to by number. Today’s piece, variously numbered 7, 9, or 10, is best known as Schubert’s Great Symphony in C (because it’s far longer than his earlier Symphony in C, now called the Little.) It was the last symphony Schubert completed, and was never performed during his lifetime, both because of its difficulty and because he had no patron to pay for it.
All the music from the this series can be found and enjoyed here.
Not the biggest fan of this one, though the third movement is fun. Love 5 & 3. And 8, of course.Report
Like I said, for Schubert symphonies, numbers are useless đ Though I’m sure by “8” you mean the Unfinished.
I love this one all the way through, especially the passage around the 25-minute mark where it suddenly but briefly turns tragic.Report
B-flat Major, D 485; D Major, D 200.
They’re used enough that they pretty much always appear on records & scores. đReport
Gotta love any piece that makes bold use of Horns, especially at the start.Report