Symphony No.5 (Abert, Johann Joseph)

Incipit	see below I. $\relative c'' { \tempo "Adagio" 8=76 \key c \minor \clef treble \time 4/4 R11 r2 r4 r8 r16 as_\p( g8.)[ fis16]( g8.)[ b!16]( c8.)[ d16]( es8.)[ d16]( c8.)[ b!16]( as'8.)[ g16]( fis4 f!8.[ d16] c4) r r2 }$ II. $\relative c'' { \tempo "Scherzo" 4=132 \key g \minor \clef treble \time 2/4 R12/4*1 r4 r8 \times 2/3 {g16_\ff([ bes d]} \bar ".\|:" f4. d16_\p[-. f]-. es[-. f-. es-. d]-. c[-. d-. es-. c]-. d[-. es-. d-. c]-. bes[-. c-. d-. bes]-. c[-. d-. c-. bes]-. a[-. bes-. c-. a]-. }$ III. $\relative c' { \tempo "Adagio" 8=76 \key as \major \clef treble \time 4/4 r2 d!4._\p_\<( es8 fes4\!_\> es8[ d] es4\!) r r2 d!4._\p_\<( es8 fes4\!_\> es8[ d] es4\!) r }$ IV. $\relative c { \tempo "Allegro maestoso" 4=132 \key c \minor \clef bass \time 4/4 r2 r4 r8. \times 2/3 {g32_\p([ a b]} c4) g'4.^>^\<( gis8[ a8. g16\!]) g4^\>( fis\!) r2 }$
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements
Composition Year	1869
Genre Categories	Symphonies; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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Publisher. Info.	Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.[1871]. Plate 20323.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 Hands

Complete Score
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General Information

Work Title	Symphony No.5
Alternative. Title	Sinfonie in C moll für grosses Orchester
Composer	Abert, Johann Joseph
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IJA 5
Key	C minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements I. Adagio — Allegro II. Scherzo III. Adagio IV. Finale. Allegro maestoso
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1869
First Performance.	1870 February 22 composer conducting
First Publication.	1870/1871 – Mainz: Schott
Dedication	Ludwig II King of Bavaria
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	orchestra 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B♭), 2 bassoons 4 horns (2 in F, 2 in E♭), 2 trumpets (B♭), 3 trombones, timpani, strings
Primary Sources	D-SHm Mus.C152:1 (abschrift string parts)

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Oddly, listed as being (only) in manuscript in Hermann Abert's Johann Joseph Abert (1832-1915): sein Leben und seine Werke (p.199) (the worklist gives symphonies 4 - Columbus - and 7, in C, Fruhlingssymphonie- as published; the other symphonies listed are no.1 in B minor, no.2 in C minor, no.3 in A (a broadcast recording exists, premiere was by 1856), no.6 "Lyrische" in D minor.)

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