List of symphonies in G major explained

This is a list of symphonies in G major written by notable composers.

ComposerSymphony
Carl Friedrich Abel
  • Symphony/Overture in G major, Op. 1 No. 5, D36/E6 (1759?)[1]
  • Symphony/Overture in G major, Op. 4 No. 5, D36/E11 (1762)[2]
  • Symphony in G major, Op. 7 No. 1, E13 (1767)[3]
  • Symphony/Overture in G major, Op. 14 No. 5, E29[4]
  • Sinfonia in G major, Op. 17 No. 6, E36 (1783)[5]
Toy Symphony[6]
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Symphony in G major, Wq.173 / H648 (1741)[7]
  • Symphony in G major, Wq.180 / H655 (1758, rev. later)
  • Symphony in G major, Wq.182:1 / H657 (1773)[8]
  • Symphony in G major, Wq.183:4 / H666 (1775)[9]
  • Symphony in G major, Kast 69 / H 667 (1751?, collaborative work with Count Ferdinand of Lobkowitz; lost)
Johann Christian Bach
  • Symphony, Op. 3 No. 6 / W C6
  • Symphony, Op. 6 No. 1 / W C7a
  • Symphony, W C7b
  • Symphony, Op. 8 No. 2 / W C13
Franz Ignaz BeckSinfonia, op. 1 no. 5, Callen 5 (published 1758)[10]
Luigi BoccheriniSymphony G576
Hjalmar Borgstrøm, Op. 5 (1890)
Alan BushSymphony No. 2 "The Nottingham Symphony", Op. 33 (1949)
Christian Cannabich
  • Sinfonia (1760)
  • Sinfonia, Op. 10 No. 2 (by 1772)[11]
  • Sinfonia, no. 67[12]
Muzio ClementiSymphony "no. 3" Grand National Symphony (incomplete)
Eric DeLamarterSymphony (1920)[13]
Felix Draeseke, Op. 12 (1868–69, rev. 1871–72)[14]
Antonín DvořákSymphony No. 8, Op. 88, B. 163 (1889)
George DysonSymphony (1937)
Jean FrançaixSymphony in G (1953)[15]
François Joseph GossecSymphony, Op. 12 No. 2, RH 36 (published 1769)[16] [17]
Theodore GouvySymphony, Op. 58 (Symphonie brève; variations et rondo pour orchestre)
Christoph GraupnerSymphonies GWV 578–611 (see List of symphonies by Christoph Graupner)
Friedrich GuldaJazz Symphony (1970)
Asger HamerikSymphony No. 6 "Symphonie spirituelle", Op. 38 (1897)
Joseph Haydn
Michael Haydn
Friedrich KochSymphony No. 2, Op. 10 (published 1891)
Leopold Kozeluch
  • Symphony, Op. 24 No. 3, P I: 8
  • Symphony, P I: G1
Gustav MahlerSymphony No. 4 (1899-1900)
John MarshSymphony No. 8 [9] (1778)[18]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ole Olsen, Op. 5 (1875-78)
George OnslowSymphony No. 4, Op. 71 (1846)[19]
Carlo d'OrdoñezSymphony, Bryan G0[20]
Hubert ParrySymphony No. 1 (c. 1880–82)[21]
Hans PfitznerLittle Symphony, Op. 44 (1946)
Ignaz Pleyel
  • Symphony, Ben.130[22]
  • Symphony Ben.156/op. 68 (1804)[23]
Napoléon Henri ReberSymphony No. 4 (by 1850)
Anton ReichaSymphony No. 1 (ca. 1808)
Jean RivierSymphony No. 3 for strings (1938), pub. 1939[24]
Chevalier de Saint-GeorgesSymphony Op. 11 No. 1 G.73
Vadim SalmanovSymphony No. 2 (1959)
Louis Spohr
  • Symphony No. 6 "Historical Symphony in the Style and Taste of Four Different Periods", Op. 116 (1839)[25]
  • Symphony No. 8, Op. 137 (1847)
Alice Mary SmithSymphony in G major[26]
Johann Stamitz
  • Symphony, Op. 3 No. 1, Wolf G2 (c. 1751–54; published 1757)[27]
  • Symphony, Op. 3 No. 3, Wolf G3 (c. 1751–54; published 1757)[28]
  • Symphony, Op. 8 No. 3, Wolf G5 (c. 1745–49; published 1763)[29]
Johann Baptist Wanhal
  • Symphony, Bryan G1[30]
  • Symphony, Bryan G2[31]
  • Symphony, Bryan G4[32]
  • Symphony, Bryan G6[33]
  • Symphony, Bryan G8[34]
  • Symphony, Bryan G10[35]
  • Symphony, Bryan G11[36]
  • Symphony, Bryan G13[37]
Felix WeingartnerSymphony No. 1, Op. 23 (1898-99)
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
  • Symphony in G major, BR-JCFB C 12 / Wf I/7 (ca. 1770, lost)
  • Symphony in G major, BR-JCFB C 23 / Wf I/15 (ca. 1792)

References

Notes and References

  1. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_in_G_major,_WK_6_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
  2. https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Symphonies,_Op.4_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
  3. https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Symphonies,_Op.7_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
  4. https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Overtures,_Op.14_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
  5. https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Symphonies,_Op.17_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
  6. disputed authorship - once believed to be by Haydn or Leopold Mozart, now possibly by Angerer, but nothing seems clear, and if Angerer is the composer, then the original work was in C, not G. See article.
  7. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_in_G_major,_H.648_(Bach,_Carl_Philipp_Emanuel) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
  8. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_in_G_major,_H.657_(Bach,_Carl_Philipp_Emanuel) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
  9. https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_in_G_major,_H.666_(Bach,_Carl_Philipp_Emanuel) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
  10. Book: Badley, Allan. Beck, Franz Ignaz. 1-877170-94-1. 1997. Beck Sinfonia. Artaria Editions. 4 September 2017. Wellington, NZ.
  11. Book: Badley, Allan . Cannabich, Christian. Cannabich Sinfonia 47. Artaria Editions. 4 September 2017. 1997. Wellington, NZ. 1-877170-77-1.
  12. Web site: CD with Cannabich Symphony 67. 14 February 2009. 1998. Naxos Records.
  13. Goetschius (1929), p. 368
  14. Web site: Schlüren. Christoph. 2003. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Online Preface to Draeseke First Symphony. 23 August 2020.
  15. Web site: Jean Françaix: Site Officiel (Oeuvres): Symphonie en Sol Majeur . 8 July 2008 . French . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050111125427/http://www.jeanfrancaix.org/pge/contenu/detail_oeuvre.php3?detail=65 . January 11, 2005 .
  16. Book: Gossec Symphony op. 12 no. 2 . Badley, Allan. Gossec, François Joseph. Artaria Editions. 1-877170-08-9. 4 September 2017. Wellington, NZ. 1997.
  17. Web site: Bibliographie nationale française Musique. 14 February 2009. French.
  18. Book: Marsh, John. Symphonies. Part 1, The Salisbury and Canterbury symphonies (1778–1784). Graham-Jones, Ian. Middleton, Wisconsin. 2001. 0-89579-486-1. A-R Editions. 7 May 2008.
  19. Web site: Onslow Worklist. George Onslow Site. 2 January 2008.
  20. Bryan (1997), 324–325
  21. Web site: Benoliel. Bernard. Notes to Parry: Complete Symphonies. Chandos Records. 1992. 2 February 2023.
  22. Web site: The Michael Haydn Project. 2 January 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080108052924/http://www.haydn.dk/. 8 January 2008.
  23. Web site: Description of CD with Pleyel op. 68 Symphony. Chandos Records. 2 January 2008.
  24. Book: LoC Permalink for Rivier Symphony. 46034288.
  25. Web site: Warsop. Keith (Chairman, Spohr Society of Great Britain). Notes from a Recording on Marco Polo of Spohr's 7th and 8th Symphonies. Naxos Records. November 1992. 2 February 2023. (notes have a list of the nine published Spohr symphonies, with dates of composition or completion.)
  26. Web site: British Symphonies on CD Page 1. July 2007. Herman. Michael. 15 February 2009.
  27. Book: Badley, Allan. Stamitz, Johann. Johann Stamitz's opus 3 no. 1. Artaria Editions. 4 September 2017. Wellington, NZ. 1-877170-49-6. 1996.
  28. Book: Badley, Allan. Stamitz, Johann. Johann Stamitz's opus 3 no. 3. Artaria Editions. 4 September 2017. Wellington, NZ. 1-877170-50-X. 1996.
  29. Book: Badley, Allan. Stamitz, Johann. 1-877171-05-0. 1997. Wellington, NZ. Johann Stamitz's opus 8 no. 3. Artaria Editions. 4 September 2017.
  30. Bryan (1997), 314
  31. Bryan (1997), 314–315
  32. Bryan (1997), 315–316
  33. Bryan (1997), 317–318. Bryan acknowledges this one might be by Dittersdorf.
  34. Bryan (1997), 319–321.
  35. Bryan (1997), 321–322.
  36. Bryan (1997), 322–323.
  37. Bryan (1997), 321–323.

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