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A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra.
Portrait photograph of William Henry Fry. William Henry Fry (August 10, 1813 – December 21, 1864) was an American composer, music critic, and journalist.Fry was the first known person born in the United States to write for a large symphony orchestra, and the first to compose a publicly performed opera. [1]
John Adams (born 1947), American composer who has used the term 'Symphony' to describe a number of works, including the Chamber Symphony (1992) and its sequel Son of Chamber Symphony (2007), the Dr. Atomic Symphony (2007), drawn from his opera of the same name, and Scheherazade.2, a "dramatic symphony" for violin and orchestra.
The idea of the symphonic poem, was a new musical concept for Listz. He wanted a new way to engage the audience. The symphonic poem invented by Liszt had the main theme heard at the start of the piece, then develop through thematic transformation, never leaving behind musical coherence. [11]
The symphony performed for the occasion, no. 92 has since come to be known as the Oxford Symphony, although it had been written two years before, in 1789. [44] Four further new symphonies (Nos. 93, 94, 97 and 98) were performed in early 1792. Haydn as portrayed by John Hoppner in England in 1791
Berlioz by August Prinzhofer, 1845. Louis-Hector Berlioz [n 1] (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the Symphonie fantastique and Harold in Italy, choral pieces including the Requiem and L'Enfance du Christ, his three operas Benvenuto Cellini, Les Troyens and Béatrice et Bénédict, and works of hybrid ...
Hector Berlioz was the first to use the term "choral symphony" for a musical composition—his Roméo et Juliette.. A choral symphony is a musical composition for orchestra, choir, and sometimes solo vocalists that, in its internal workings and overall musical architecture, adheres broadly to symphonic musical form. [1]
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (/ ˈ v ɑː ɡ n ər / VAHG-nər; [1] [2] German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈvaːɡnɐ] ⓘ; 22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas").