| Contents |
Vienna's changing symphonic environments and repertoire: 1812-1936. Introduction: musical lie after Beethoven and Schubert ; Hanslick and the Wagnerians ; The age of Brahms and Bruckner ; The Mahler years ; Inching toward musical modernism ; Decline through exodus -- The symphonies of Johannes Brahms. Introduction ; Symphonic probes and preparations: symphony in D minor and serenades nos. 1 and 2 ; Symphony no. 1 in C minor opus 68 ; Symphony no. 2 in D major opus 73 ; Symphony no. 3 in F major opus 90 ; Symphony no. 4 in E minor opus 98 -- The symphonies of Anton Bruckner. Symphony no. 00 "Schularbeit" in F minor WAB 99 ; Symphony no. 1 "Kecke Beserl" in C minor WAB 101 ; Symphony no. 0 "Die Nullte" in D minor WAB 100 ; Symphony no. 2 in C minor WAB 102 ; Symphony no. 3 "Wagner" in D minor WAB 103 ; Symphony no. 4 "Romantic" in E-flat major WAB 104 ; Symphony no. 5 "Fantastic" in B-flat major WAB 105 ; Symphony no. 6 in A major WAB 106 ; Symphony no. 7 in E major WAB 107 ; Symphony no. 8 in C minor WAB 108 ; Symphony no. 9 in D minor WAB 109 -- The symphonies of Antonin Dvorak. Introduction ; Symphony no. 1 in C minor B.9 ; Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major B.12 ; Symphony no. 3 in E-flat major B.34 ; Symphony no. 4 in D minor B.41 ; Symphony no. 5 in F major B.54 ; Symphony no. 6 in D major B.112 ; Symphony no. 7 in D minor B.141 ; Symphony no. 8 in G major B.163 ; Symphony no. 9 "From the New World" in E minor B.178 -- The symphonic works of Smetana, Fibich, Goldmark, and Janacek. Introduction ; Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884). Symphony in E major ; Ma vlast. 1. Vysehrad, 2. Vltava (The moldau), 3. Sarka, 4. From Bohemia's fields and forests, 5. Tabor, 6. Blanik -- Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900). Symphony no. 1 in F major opus 17 ; Symphony no. 2 in E-flat major opus 38 ; Symphony no. 3 in E minor opus 53 -- Karl Goldmark (1830-1915). Symphony opus 26 "Landliche Hochzeit" (Rustic wedding) ; Symphony no. 2 in E-flat major opus 35 -- Leos Janacek (1854-1928). Sinfonietta ; "Danube" symphony -- The symphonies of Gustav Mahler. Introduction ; Symphony no. 1 "The titan" in D major ; Symphony no. 2 "The resurrection in C minor" ; Symphony no. 3 in D minor ; Symphony no. 4 in G major ; Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp minor ; Symphony no. 6 "Tragic" in A minor ; Symphony no. 7 in E minor ; Symphony no. 8 in E-flat major ; Das Lied von der Erde ; Symphony no. 9 in D minor ; Symphony no. 10 in F-sharp minor -- The symphonic works of Zemlinsky, Schmidt, Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, and Schreker. Introduction ; Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942). Symphony in D minor (no. 2) Oncley 17 ; Symphony in B-flat major (no. 3) Oncley 53 ; Symphony "Lyrische" opus 18 (no. 5) Oncley 94 ; Sinfonietta in D major opus 23 Oncley 101 -- Franz Schmidt (1874-1939). Symphony no. 1 in E major ; Symphony no. 2 in E-flat major ; Symphony no. 3 in A major ; Symphony no. 4 in C major -- Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951). Chamber symphony no. 1 in E major opus 9 ; Chamber symphony no. 2 in E-flat minor opus 38 ; Five pieces for orchestra opus 16 ; Other symphonic plans -- Alban Berg (1885-1935). Wozzeck symphony ; Lulu symphony -- Anton Webern (1883-1945). The orchestral pieces opus 6 and opus 10 ; Symphony opus 21 -- Franz Schreker (1878-1934). Symphony in A minor opus 1 ; Chamber symphony in one movement. |
| Abstract |
Although during the mid-19th century the geographic center of the symphony in the Germanic territories moved west and north from Vienna to Leipzig, during the last third of the century it returned to the old Austrian lands with the works of Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorak, and Mahler. After nearly a half century in hibernation, the sleeping Viennese giant awoke to what some viewed as a reincarnation of Beethoven with the first hearing of Brahms's Symphony No. 1, which was premiered at Vienna in December 1876. Even though Bruckner had composed some gigantic symphonies prior to Brahms's first contribution, their full impact was not felt until the composer's complete texts became available after World War II. Although Dvorak was often viewed as a nationalist composer, in his symphonic writing his primary influences were Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms. For both Bruckner and Mahler, the symphony constituted the heart of their output; for Brahms and Dvorák, it occupied a less central place. Yet for all of them, the key figure of the past remained Beethoven. The symphonies of these four composers, together with the works of Goldmark, Zemlinsky, Schoenberg, Berg, Smetana, Fibich, Janacek, and others are treated in Volume IV, The Second Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony, covering the period from roughly 1860 to 1930. |
