| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 4 movements |
|---|---|
| Composition Year | 1896-7 |
| Genre Categories | Symphonies; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra |
|  |
| Work Title | Symphony No.1 |
|---|---|
| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Berger, Wilhelm |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.71 |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IWB 10 |
| Key | B-flat major |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 4 movements
|
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1896-7 |
| First Performance. | 1898 June, Mainz |
| First Publication. | 1899 – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel |
| Dedication | Emil und Fritz Steinbach |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 46-48 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | orchestra |
| External Links | Program Notes to the First Boston Performance of the Symphony (Nov. 3&4 1899, Boston Symphony conducted by Wilhelm Gericke) Preface by Dominik Kreuzer, 2017 |
was it first performed in 1898? a 1913 magazine claims "Professor Karl Panzner conducted the first performance of Wilhelm Berger's first symphony" (Musical times and singing-class circular, May 1 1913, page 339. Dusseldorf. Panzner (1866–1923) also premiered Ewald Straesser's 5th symphony in G.) First British performance however was in 1901 October. (Musical Times, December 1 1901, page 823.) MPH preface gives the week and place of first performance (do ignore the description as symphony in B major; the muddling of H-dur/B-dur/B major/B-flat major does no one any favors, leading to some works that _are_ in B major being described as B-flat (e.g. Tournemire 2) under the assumption that this muddling must have occurred, etc.)
The program notes linked above (notes proper start on p.146 - translated from notes for the symphony circulated by the firm Praeger & Meier of Berlin) note that he was born in Boston, by the way, though his family returned to Bremen the year after his birth. 1896-7 composition dates per biography.
(Hrm, nice fughetta, or hint of one, to open the finale...)
ADMV program of 1898 performance.
