Scottish Symphony
E800829
The Scottish Symphony is Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3 in A minor, a Romantic-era orchestral work inspired by his travels in Scotland and noted for its evocative, atmospheric character.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romantic-era composition
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symphony ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mendelssohn's Third Symphony
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Symphony No. 3 in A minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Holyrood Abbey
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Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Op. 56 ⓘ |
| chronologyPosition | last completed of Mendelssohn's numbered symphonies ⓘ |
| composer | Felix Mendelssohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionCompleted | 1842 ⓘ |
| compositionStarted | 1829 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Prince Albert
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Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | symphony ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Scottish ⓘ |
| hasOpusNumber | Op. 56 ⓘ |
| hasTonality | minor ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Scottish folk idioms ⓘ |
| inMusicHistory | important example of programmatic Romantic symphony ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Felix Mendelssohn's travels in Scotland
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Scottish history ⓘ Scottish landscape ⓘ |
| key | A minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| movement |
I. Andante con moto – Allegro un poco agitato
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II. Vivace non troppo ⓘ III. Adagio ⓘ IV. Allegro vivacissimo – Allegro maestoso assai ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
cyclical form linking movements without pauses
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evocative and atmospheric orchestration ⓘ finale that transforms minor mode into triumphant major ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 4 ⓘ |
| orchestration | orchestra ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Mendelssohn symphonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Felix Mendelssohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Kingdom of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1842-03-03 ⓘ |
| premiereEnsemble | Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Breitkopf & Härtel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stylePeriod | Romantic ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | about 40 minutes ⓘ |
| workNumberInComposerOeuvre | 3 ⓘ |
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