List of symphonies in E major explained

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

ComposerSymphony
Carl Friedrich AbelSymphony in E major, Op. 10 No. 1, E19 (1773)[1]
Hugo Alfvén (1904 - 1906)[2]
Frederic AustinSymphony (premiered 1913)[3] [4]
Carl Philipp Emanuel BachSymphony in E major, Wq.182:6 / H662 (1773)[5]
Johann Christian BachSymphony No. 28 Op. 18 no. 5 (CW C28, T270/10), 1772.
Johann Christoph Friedrich BachSymphony in E major, BR-JCFB C 7 / Wf I:4 (ca. 1768)
Franz Ignaz BeckSinfonia, Op. 13 no. 1 (Callen 25)
Hermann BischoffSymphony No.1 (ca.1906)
Max Bruch, Op. 51 (1882, revised 1884–86)[6]
Anton BrucknerSymphony No. 7 (1881–83, revised 1885) (WAB 107)
Christian CannabichSymphony No. 52 (published 1772)[7]
Frederic Hymen Cowen (1897)[8]
Eric DeLamarterSymphony No. 3 (premiered 1933)[9]
Carl Ditters von DittersdorfSymphony Grave E1 (by 1761)[10]
Symphony Grave E2[11]
Ernő DohnányiSymphony No. 2, Op. 40 (1945, revised 1954–57)
Symphony (published 1888)[12] [13]
Robert FuchsSymphony No. 3, Op. 79 (1906) [14]
Niels Gade, Op. 10 (1843)
Florian Leopold GassmannSymphonies Hill 63, 105, 106.[15] One of Wanhal's was attributed to Gassmann once.
Alexander GlazunovSymphony No. 1 "Slavonic", Op. 5 (1881)
Alexander GrechaninovSymphony No. 3, Op. 100 (1920-23)
Asger HamerikSymphony No. 3, Op. 33 "Symphonie lyrique" (1885)
Johan Peter Emilius HartmannSymphony No. 2, Op. 48 (1847–48)
Joseph HaydnSymphony No. 12 (1763)
Symphony No. 29 (1765)
Michael HaydnSymphony No. 7, MH 65, Perger 5 (1764)
Symphony No. 17, MH 151, Perger 17 (1771?)
Franz Anton HoffmeisterSymphony, Op.3 No.1 (1778) [16] [17] [18]
Leopold KozeluchSymphony P I:E1
Franz LachnerSymphony No. 4 (1834)[19]
Albéric Magnard, Op. 6 (1892–93, rev. 1896)
Miguel MarquésSymphony No. 4[20]
Étienne MéhulSymphony No. 4 (1810)
Erkki MelartinSymphony No. 4 "Summer", Op. 80 (1912)
Nikolai MyaskovskySymphony No. 20, 0p. 50 (1940) [21]
Ludolf NielsenSymphony No. 2, Op. 19 (1907–1909)[22]
Carlo d'OrdonezSymphony, Brown E1
Symphony, Brown E2[23]
Symphony, Brown E3
Symphony, Brown E4
Wenzel PichlSymphony Clio, Zakin 8 (1768)[24]
Joachim RaffSymphony No. 5 "Lenore", Op. 177 (1870–1)
Levko RevutskySymphony No. 2, Op. 12 (1926–27, revised 1940 and 1970)
Julius RöntgenSymphony No. 18 (1932)[25]
Guy Ropartz with choir (1905–1906)[26]
Hans RottSymphony (1878–80)[27]
Franz Schmidt (1896–99)
Arnold SchoenbergChamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (1906)
Franz SchubertSymphony No. 7, D. 729
Alexander ScriabinSymphony No. 1, Op. 26 (1899-1900)
Josef SukSymphony No. 1, Op. 14 (1897–99)[28]
Arthur SullivanSymphony "Irish" (1863) (arguably actually in E minor.)[29]
Thomas TäglichsbeckSymphony No. 2, Op. 48[30]
Alexander TcherepninSymphony No. 1, Opus 42[31]
Harold TruscottSymphony (1949–50)
Johann Baptist WanhalSymphony, Bryan E1[32]
*Symphony, Bryan E2[33]
Symphony, Bryan E3[34]
Symphony, Bryan E4[35] [36]
Symphony, Bryan E5[37]
Václav Jindřich VeitSymphony, Opus 49[38]
Richard WagnerSymphony in E major (two movements sketched but abandoned in 1834, completed by Felix Mottl in 1887)
Karl WeiglSymphony No. 1, op. 5 (1908)[39] [40]
Felix WeingartnerSymphony No. 3, op. 49 with organ (1908–10)

References

Notes and References

  1. https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Symphonies,_Op.10_(Abel,_Carl_Friedrich) Score at the International Music Score Library Project
  2. Web site: Selective List of Works. Hedwall. Lennart. 1997. 2 November 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20090205112942/http://alfvensallskapet.se/Everk.htm. 5 February 2009. dead.
  3. Web site: March 25, 2007 . The English Symphony 1880-1920 . Musical Resources UK . 21 November 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070628045724/http://musicalresources.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=30 . 28 June 2007 . dead .
  4. Web site: Woolf. Jonathan. Review of Classico Recording of Austin's Symphony. January 2004. MusicWeb International. 24 May 2008.
  5. Web site: Badley. Allan. 2004. About the C.P.E. Bach Hamburg Symphonies Recording. Naxos Records. 21 November 2007.
  6. Web site: Max Bruch Catalog of Works . 27 November 2007 . 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071230102209/http://www.wooster.edu/music/twood/bruchcatalog.html . 30 December 2007 . dead . and see also German Wikipedia.
  7. Web site: Cannabich. Christian. Christian Cannabich. Badley, Allan. Artaria Editions. 1997. Cannabich Symphony 52. 24 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707164744/http://www.artaria.com/SystemLink_ProductAboutThisWork_209. 7 July 2011. dead.
  8. Web site: Woolf. Jonathan. Review of Recording of Cowen Symphony 6. MusicWeb International. September 2006. 24 May 2008.
  9. Web site: Chicago Symphony Orchestra: World Premieres 1916–1920. 2 November 2008.
  10. Web site: von Dittersdorf. Carl Ditters. Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf. Badley, Allan. Artaria Editions. 1998. von Dittersdorf Symphony Grave E1. 24 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707164748/http://www.artaria.com/SystemLink_ProductAboutThisWork_216. 7 July 2011. dead.
  11. Book: von Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters . Monn, Georg Matthias . Monn, Johann Christoph . Grave, Margaret H. . Badura-Skoda, Eva . Eva Badura-Skoda . Rudolf, Kenneth E. . Six symphonies by Dittersdorf, them. index e1, E3, E2, A10, D9, C14. Five symphonies by Georg Matthias Monn, them. index D-5, E-1, A-2, B-1, B-2 / Georg Mathias Monn. One symphony, them. index C-51 by Johann Christoph Mann. 0-8240-3859-2. Garland Publishing. New York. 1985.
  12. https://hofmeister.rhul.ac.uk/2008/content/monatshefte/1888_12.html Notice of publication of Förster's symphony
  13. Description of opening of symphony in E by Förster
  14. Web site: Schlüren. Christoph. 2003. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Online Publication of Preface to Score of Fuchs' 3rd Symphony. 24 August 2020. German.
  15. Hill (1981), pp. xxvii–xxx
  16. Web site: Phillips. John. Review of Hoffmeister Symphony Recording. MusicWeb International. February 2006. 19 November 2007.
  17. Mentioned in the Breitkopf (of Leipzig) Catalog in 1778. Web site: Brochure for Bamert's Hoffmeister Symphony Recording on Chandos. PDF. 2005. 4. Maunder. Richard. October 4, 2013.
  18. See, with incipits clearly in E major, of the symphony, at RISM online (based on an abschrift from the late 19th century, in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musikabteilung, München library. Described as Op.3 No.1 here.) Date 1778 as noted is from BrookB- the Breitkopf thematic catalogue.
  19. See manuscript score of Lachner 4, uploaded to IMSLP.
  20. Web site: BBC Broadcast of Performance of Pedro Miguel Marqués y García Symphony 4 in E. 1 September 2008. 31 December 2007.
  21. Web site: Opus by Miaskovsky . Rijen . Onno van . 22 November 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071210025510/http://home.wanadoo.nl/ovar/miasopus.htm . 10 December 2007 .
  22. Web site: Nielsen. Carl Ludolf. Score of L. Nielsen's Symphony No.2 at IMSLP. August 24, 2020. Wilhelm Hansen. 1911.
  23. Web site: d'Ordonez. Carlo. Carlo d'Ordonez. Badley, Allan. Artaria Editions. 1996. d'Ordonez Symphony Brown Catalog E2. 24 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707164804/http://www.artaria.com/SystemLink_ProductAboutThisWork_289. 7 July 2011. dead.
  24. Web site: Pichl. Vaclav. Wenzel Pichl. Badley, Allan. Artaria Editions. 1998. Pichl Symphony "Clio". 24 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20070907143851/http://www.artaria.com/SystemLink_ProductAboutThisWork_299. 7 September 2007. dead.
  25. Web site: Dutch . Röntgen Worklist . 27 November 2007 . Julius Röntgen Stichting . https://web.archive.org/web/20070722060233/http://www.juliusrontgen.nl/composities/symfonischeMuziek.html . 22 July 2007 . dead .
  26. Web site: Lethel. Philippe. Ropartz Worklist. Salabert. French. 1995. 27 November 2007.
  27. Web site: Hans Rott Worklist. Brilla. Martin. 2007. 21 November 2007. Hans Rott Society.
  28. Web site: Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Preface to Small Score of Suk's First Symphony. 2006. James L.. Zychowicz.
  29. Web site: James L.. Zychowicz. 2006. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Online Publication of Preface to Sullivan's Irish Symphony. 24 August 2020.
  30. Walter Frisch, Brahms: The Four Symphonies. New Haven: Yale University Press (2003): 7-10. Table 1-1, "A chronological listing of symphonies by contemporary composers published in the Austro-German sphere in the period between Schumann's Third and Brahms's First." Täglichsbeck's is listed under 1863.
  31. Web site: Discography of Pianist Noriko Ogawa. 2 November 2008.
  32. Bryan (1997), 297
  33. Bryan (1997), 297–298
  34. Bryan (1997), 298–299
  35. Bryan (1997), 299. Bryan acknowledges the possibility this one might be by Florian Leopold Gassmann.
  36. Hill (1981), p. xxxvi "S:K Symphony in E major ... Source: CS Pnm XXXII A 292 (Gassmann) Composer: Vaňhal, Breitkopf catalogue 1775 and MS copies"
  37. Bryan (1997), 299–300
  38. Walter Frisch, Brahms: The Four Symphonies. New Haven: Yale University Press (2003): 7-10. Table 1-1, "A chronological listing of symphonies by contemporary composers published in the Austro-German sphere in the period between Schumann's Third and Brahms's First." Veit's is listed under 1860.
  39. Web site: Karl Weigl Papers. Irving S. Gilmore Music Library of Yale University. 21 November 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070910091419/http://claudet.club.fr/ExilVienne/Weigl/WeiglWorks.html. 10 September 2007. dead.
  40. Web site: Symphony No. 1. 14 July 2024. Weigl Foundation.

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