Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"

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orchestral work symphony

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" is Beethoven’s programmatic symphony that vividly evokes scenes of nature and rural life through its five descriptive movements.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Pastoral Symphony 5
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 3
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
approximateCompositionEnd 1808 ⓘ
approximateCompositionStart 1807 ⓘ
birdCallsRepresented cuckoo ⓘ
nightingale ⓘ
quail ⓘ
catalogNumber Op. 68 ⓘ
composedBy Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
composer Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
compositionPeriod Classical period ⓘ
early Romantic era ⓘ
dedicatedTo Count Andrey Razumovsky ⓘ
Prince Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz ⓘ
genre programmatic symphony ⓘ
key F major ⓘ
languageOfMovementHeadings German ⓘ
movement1Key F major ⓘ
movement1Tempo Allegro ma non troppo ⓘ
movement1Title Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande ⓘ
movement2Key B-flat major ⓘ
movement2Tempo Andante molto mosso ⓘ
movement2Title Szene am Bach ⓘ
movement3Key F major ⓘ
movement3Tempo Allegro ⓘ
movement3Title Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute ⓘ
movement4Key F minor ⓘ
movement4Tempo Allegro ⓘ
movement4Title Gewitter, Sturm ⓘ
movement5Key F major ⓘ
movement5Tempo Allegretto ⓘ
movement5Title Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm ⓘ
movementCount 5 ⓘ
notableFeature contains five movements instead of the usual four ⓘ
includes musical depiction of a thunderstorm ⓘ
includes musical depiction of bird calls ⓘ
one of the earliest large-scale program symphonies ⓘ
numberInSeries 6 ⓘ
premiereCity Vienna ⓘ
premiereConductor Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
premiereCountry Austria ⓘ
premiereDate 22 December 1808 ⓘ
premieredTogetherWith Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 ⓘ
premiereLocation Theater an der Wien ⓘ
surface form: Theater an der Wien, Vienna
programmatic true ⓘ
programTheme nature ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
published 1809 ⓘ
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel ⓘ
subtitle Pastoral ⓘ
title Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68
workSeries Beethoven symphony cycles ⓘ
surface form: Beethoven symphonies

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Ludwig van Beethoven → notableWork → Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" ⓘ
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 → premiereSharedProgramWork → Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" → title → Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68
Fantasia → hasSegment → Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Pastoral Symphony
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 → precededBy → Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68
House of Lobkowicz → associatedWithWork → Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beethoven Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
Beethoven symphony cycles → includesWork → Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" ⓘ
Theater an der Wien → notableWorkPremiered → Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Pastoral → alsoKnownAs → Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pastoral Symphony
Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande → partOf → Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pastoral Symphony
Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande → isProgrammaticSectionOf → Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony
Szene am Bach → associatedWith → Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pastoral Symphony
Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute → partOf → Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pastoral Symphony
Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm → partOfCycle → Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pastoral Symphony
Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm → hasAlternativeDesignation → Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fifth movement of the Pastoral Symphony
F major → notableWorkInKey → Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beethoven Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"