Symphonies

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Symphonies are large-scale orchestral compositions, typically structured in multiple movements, that became a central genre of Western classical music from the 18th century onward.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Musical genre
Orchestral composition
becameCentralGenreIn Western classical music
canBe Program music
developedInCentury 18th century
evolvedFrom Italian opera overture
Sinfonia
hasKeyRoleInPeriod 20th-century classical music
Classical period
Romantic period in music
surface form: Romantic period
hasNotableExample Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
surface form: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From the New World"
surface form: Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

Mahler Symphony No. 2
surface form: Mahler's Symphony No. 2

Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor
surface form: Mozart's Symphony No. 40

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"
surface form: Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6
hasOriginRegion Europe
hasTypicalDuration 20 to 60 minutes
hasTypicalFirstMovementForm Sonata form
hasTypicalFourthMovementCharacter Fast finale
hasTypicalInstrumentation Symphony orchestra
hasTypicalMovementCount Four movements
hasTypicalSecondMovementCharacter Slow movement
hasTypicalStructure Multi-movement work
hasTypicalThirdMovementForm Minuet and trio
Scherzo and trio
isAssociatedWithComposer Anton Bruckner
Antonín Dvořák
Dmitri Shostakovich
Franz Schubert
Gustav Mahler
Jean Sibelius
Johannes Brahms
Joseph Haydn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sergei Prokofiev
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
isDocumentedIn Musical score
isPerformedIn Concert hall
isTypically Absolute music
mayInclude Choir
Vocal soloists
requires Conductor
subclassOf Classical music composition
usesInstrumentFamily Brass
Percussion
Strings
Woodwinds

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