Symphony No. 8 in B minor "Unfinished"

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Symphony No. 8 in B minor "Unfinished" is one of Franz Schubert’s most famous symphonies, renowned for its two-movement form, lyrical melodies, and haunting, incomplete character.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work
symphony
alsoKnownAs Unfinished Symphony
surface form: Schubert's Unfinished Symphony

Unfinished Symphony
approximateDuration 25 minutes
associatedWithComposer Franz Schubert
cataloguedAs D 759
composer Franz Schubert
compositionStartYear 1822
countryOfOrigin Austria
dedicatedTo Anselm Hüttenbrenner NERFINISHED
DeutschCatalogueNumber D 759
discoveredBy Johann Herbeck NERFINISHED
firstMovementKey B minor
firstMovementTempoMarking Allegro moderato
firstPerformanceCity Vienna
firstPerformanceConductor Johann Herbeck NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceCountry Austria
genre symphony for orchestra
hasMovement I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante con moto
hasNickname Unfinished
influenced later Romantic symphonic writing
isAmong most famous works by Franz Schubert
isIncomplete true
key B minor
languageOfTitle German
manuscriptLocation Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
surface form: Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien
movementCount 2
notedFor haunting character
incomplete structure
lyrical melodies
two-movement form
numberInCatalogue Symphony No. 8
orchestration brass
pairs of woodwinds
strings
timpani
originalTitle Symphony No. 8
surface form: Sinfonie Nr. 8 in h-Moll

Sinfonie in h-Moll
period Romantic era
secondMovementKey E major
secondMovementTempoMarking Andante con moto
style early Romantic
typicalEnsemble symphony orchestra
typicalPerformanceContext concert hall

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Franz Schubert notableWork Symphony No. 8 in B minor "Unfinished"