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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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, Vienna →
programmatic	true →
programTheme	nature → rural life →
published	1809 →
publisher	Breitkopf & Härtel →
subtitle	Pastoral →
title	Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 →
workSeries	Beethoven symphonies →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
House of Lobkowicz ("Beethoven Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"") →	associatedWithWork
Fantasia ("The Pastoral Symphony") →	hasSegment
Ludwig van Beethoven →	notableWork
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 ("Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68") →	precededBy
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 ("Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68") →	premiereSharedProgramWork
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" ("Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68") →	title