Symphony in C minor (David, Félicien)

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Andante in A major

For Piano

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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Paris: Sylvain St. Etienne, n.d.[1853]. Plate S.St.E. 257.
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Misc. Notes Original images: ca.400dpi, color jpg files approx. 4600 by 5880 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page. Andante dedicated to Madame Marchal de Calvi.
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Editor First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Sylvain St. Etienne, n.d.[1853]. Plate S.St.E. 257.
Reprinted Paris: E. Gérard et Cie., n.d. Plate C.M. 4900.
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Scherzo

For Piano

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Publisher. Info. Paris: E. Gérard et Cie., n.d.[1869]. Plate C.M. 10956.
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Misc. Notes Original images: ca.400dpi, color jpg files approx. 4600 by 5880 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page. Dedication: pour son ami Francis Planté. Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France  (2d Series, Vol.13, No.7, 13 February 1869, p.81, reg. no.475).
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General Information

Work Title Symphony in C minor
Alternative. Title Symphony No.4
Composer David, Félicien
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFD 27
Key C minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1849
First Performance. 1853 February 15 or earlier
First Publication. 1853 – Paris: Sylvain St. Etienne — Andante in piano reduction
Copyright Information Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France 
(42nd Year, No.21, 21 May 1853, p.350).
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Orchestra

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4 numbered non-programmatic David symphonies: in F, 2 in E-flat, and one in C minor (1837, 1838, 1846, 1849.) Symphony no.3 in E-flat (1846) has been recorded.

Azevedo's book dates this work to 1859 (assuming the author is progressing chronologically), though one movement was published earlier. However, Léon Kreutzer, in the Revue contemporaine of 1853 (book 6, p.149 et seq.), describes what may have been the premiere (or an early performance, anyway) of the work, given 15 Feb. 1853 by the Société Saint-Cécile.