Unfinished Symphony
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The Unfinished Symphony is Franz Schubert’s famously incomplete Symphony No. 8 in B minor, celebrated for its lyrical beauty and enduring mystery over why it was never finished.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Schubert's Unfinished Symphony | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | symphony ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Schubert's Unfinished Symphony
NERFINISHED
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Symphony No. 8 in B minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | D 759 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Franz Schubert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| dateComposed | 1822 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C major (The Great) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | symphony ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | concert programming traditions ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation | woodwinds, brass, timpani, strings ⓘ |
| hasMood |
dramatic contrasts
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lyrical ⓘ melancholic ⓘ |
| hasMystery | why Schubert stopped after two movements ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Unfinished NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReception | highly acclaimed by critics and audiences ⓘ |
| hasRecordingHistory | extensively recorded by major orchestras ⓘ |
| hasScholarlyDebate | reasons for its incompletion ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
contrasting second subject in G major
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lyrical first subject in B minor ⓘ |
| historicalContext | composed during Schubert's early Romantic period ⓘ |
| includedIn | standard orchestral repertoire ⓘ |
| incomplete | true ⓘ |
| influenced | later Romantic symphonic writing ⓘ |
| isCanonicalWork | true ⓘ |
| key | B minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | German ⓘ |
| movement |
I. Allegro moderato
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II. Andante con moto ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
famous for being incomplete
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lyrical melodic writing ⓘ mysterious reasons for non-completion ⓘ only two completed movements ⓘ rich orchestration ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 2 ⓘ |
| orchestration | orchestra ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Sinfonie in h-Moll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era ⓘ |
| placeInOeuvre | Schubert's Symphony No. 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Schubert Symphony No. 7 (D 729, incomplete) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tonality | minor ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceDuration | approximately 25 minutes ⓘ |
| usesForm |
sonata form (first movement)
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ternary-like form (second movement) ⓘ |
| workStatus | fragment ⓘ |
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Schubert's Unfinished Symphony