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Many classical compositions belong to a numbered series of works of a similar type by the same composer. For example, Beethoven wrote 9 symphonies, 10 violin sonatas, 32 piano sonatas, 5 piano concertos, 16 string quartets, 7 piano trios and other works, all of which are numbered sequentially within their genres and generally referred to by their sequence numbers, keys and opus numbers.
Symphony or Symphonic may also refer to: Music. Symphony orchestra, an orchestra, which specializes in the performance of post-17th-century orchestral repertoire;
The Symphonic Repertoire, Volume II: The First Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert. Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-33487-9. Brown, A. Peter. 2007. The Symphonic Repertoire, Volume III, Part A: The European Symphony from ca. 1800 to ca. 1930: Germany and the Nordic ...
Symphonic poem – Orchestral composition based on an extra-musical narrative, often a literary or pictorial idea. Symphony – Large-scale composition, typically for an orchestra and often in four movements. Choral symphony – Symphony that incorporates a choir and vocal soloists along with the orchestra.
Many musical terms are in Italian because, in Europe, the vast majority of the most important early composers from the Renaissance to the Baroque period were Italian. [citation needed] That period is when numerous musical indications were used extensively for the first time.
While most symphonies have a number, many symphonies are known by their (nick)name.. This article lists symphonies that are numbered and have an additional nickname, and symphonies that are primarily known by their name and/or key.
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra; CBC Radio Orchestra; Edmonton Symphony Orchestra; Esprit Orchestra; Georgian Bay Symphony; Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
Amy Beach American composer and one of the first women to compose large-scale symphonic works. 1908. Almost all of the composers who are described in music textbooks on classical music and whose works are widely performed as part of the standard concert repertoire are male composers, even though there have been a large number of women composers ...