Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

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orchestral work symphony

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 is Johannes Brahms’s landmark first symphony, renowned for its dramatic intensity, structural mastery, and often regarded as a spiritual successor to Beethoven’s symphonic tradition.

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Label Occurrences
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 canonical 2
Symphonie Nr. 1 c-Moll, Op. 68 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
approximateCompositionEnd 1876 ⓘ
approximateCompositionStart 1854 ⓘ
approximateDuration 45 minutes ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 68 ⓘ
composer Johannes Brahms ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
dedicatedTo Béatrice de Rothschild ⓘ
surface form: Baroness Bettina von Rothschild
frequentlyPerformed true ⓘ
genre Romantic symphony ⓘ
hasForm rondo-sonata elements (finale) ⓘ
sonata form (first movement) ⓘ
hasKeyChange C minor to C major (overall trajectory) ⓘ
historicalContext late 19th-century German symphonic tradition ⓘ
inCatalogueOf Johannes Brahms ⓘ
influenced later symphonic writing in the German tradition ⓘ
influencedBy Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
key C minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
movement I. Un poco sostenuto – Allegro ⓘ
II. Andante sostenuto ⓘ
III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso ⓘ
IV. Adagio – Piu andante – Allegro non troppo, ma con brio ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
nickname Beethoven’s Tenth ⓘ
notableFeature chorale-like theme in the finale ⓘ
dramatic intensity ⓘ
structural mastery ⓘ
use of cyclic thematic relationships ⓘ
notableRecording Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic ⓘ
Vienna Philharmonic ⓘ
surface form: Leonard Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic
numberInSeries 1 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 68 ⓘ
orchestration orchestra ⓘ
originalTitle Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Symphonie Nr. 1 c-Moll, Op. 68
premiereConductor Felix Otto Dessoff ⓘ
premiereCountry Germany ⓘ
premiereDate 4 November 1876 ⓘ
premierePlace Karlsruhe ⓘ
regardedAs landmark first symphony of Johannes Brahms ⓘ
spiritual successor to Beethoven’s symphonies ⓘ
stylePeriod Romantic ⓘ
tonalCenterFinale C major ⓘ
tonalCenterFirstMovement C minor ⓘ
workNumberInComposerOutput first symphony by Johannes Brahms ⓘ
workTypeNumber Symphony No. 1 ⓘ

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Johannes Brahms → notableWork → Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 ⓘ
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 → originalTitle → Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symphonie Nr. 1 c-Moll, Op. 68
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 → follows → Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 ⓘ