Symphony No. 1 (Dvořák)

Symphony No. 1 (Dvořák)

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. The work was written in the early Romantic style, and it was inspired by the works of Ludwig van Beethoven and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. [Album notes (SU 3703-2 032), p. 4]

Form

The work is in four movements:
#"Maestoso – Allegro"
#"Adagio molto"
#"Allegretto"
#"Finale (Allegro animato)"

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

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.

Notes

References

cite album-notes |title=Symphonies 1-2-3 (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Neumann) |albumlink= |bandname=Antonín Dvořák |year=1990 |notestitle= |url= |first=Jarmil |last=Burghauser |authorlink= |coauthors=Zoja Joachimová |pages=4-5 |format=CD |publisher=Supraphon |publisherid=SU 3703-2 032 |location=Prague |mbid= [http://www.supraphon.cz/cs/katalog/databaze-titulu/detail-titulu/?idtitulu=2004501]

External links

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


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