Strauss did not call this a symphony, rather a Sonatina. Boosey & Hawkes retitled it posthumously, owing to its length and four movements, and the new title has stuck.
Composer:
Year(s) Composed:
1944 - 1945
Difficulty:
Grade 6
Duration:
37 minutes
Instrumentation:
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Wind Ensemble: 2.2.3(III=in C).bshn.bcl.2.cbn-4.0.0.0
Movements:
I. Allegro con brio
II. Andantino, sehr gemdchlich (assai commodo)
III. Menuet (Etwas lebhaft) (un poco vivace)
IV. Einleitung (Allegro) und Allegro
Publication Information:
Boosey & Hawkes (1952)
Premiered:
Dr. Hermann Scherchen/Winterthur Musikkollegium, Winterthur, Switzerland, March 25, 1946.
Availability:
Available for Rental
Recordings:
Resources:
- Winther Chamber Music Guide
- HEBM
- Battisti Winds of Change
- MusicWeb International
- Wind Band Literature
- Gillaspie Wind Ensemble Catalog
- Reynolds Literature
- Hauswirth Grades 4-6
- Wallace-Corporon Repertoire
- Whitwell Nineteenth Century
- Bly Annotated Bibliography
- Cipolla & Hunsberger Repertoire
- Suppan Neue Lexikon