Jena Symphony

The so-called "Jena Symphony" in C major is a symphony of Friedrich Witt ( 1770-1836 ).

History ( Fund and write-up)

The Jena Symphony was discovered in 1909 by musicologist and theologian Fritz Stein at the Jena University Library. This post them first to the young Beethoven as Louis van Beethoven was to be read on one of the found votes of the second violin par. This assumption was supported by a statement of Beethoven, he had once tried on a symphony in C major, following the example of the Symphony No. 97 by Joseph Haydn. And the symphony found in Jena actually showed similarities with this London Haydn's works.

For half a century it was played in the episode under Beethoven's name. Max Reger arranged this symphony for piano four hands and musicology dealt critically with the work: while it argued whether the work really came from Beethoven, but certified him generally high quality.

Only in 1968 succeeded HC Robbins Landon prove that the symphony is a work of Friedrich Witt's when he found another copy in the archives of the symphony Göttweig that is signed personally by Witt. The symphony was published in 1911 by Breitkopf & Härtel in pressure.

Analysis

Orchestra instrumentation: 1 flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in C, 2 trumpets in C, timpani (C and G), strings.

The first movement begins with a 20 -bar Adagio introduction, the subsequent Allegro vivace follows in sonata form with a mostly three-bar theme group and a more dance-like second theme. The exposition is repeated. The execution ends after only 30 cycles with a crescendo, and leads directly into the recapitulation.

The second movement in F major is in the middle section in F minor. The drums are also used in this sentence, the mood in C and G remains the same for all sets.

The third movement is a minuet and trio.

The fourth movement begins piano. The shape of the wind parts in this set let the researchers before Robbins Landon's discovery believe that the work was actually written by Beethoven.

Recordings

  • Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Robert Heger. Mercury, 1951
  • Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rolf Kleinert. Urania, 1956
  • Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by A. S. Weiser. Swimming Pool Classic ( Schimmelpfennig & Friends ), 2002, ASIN: B0000287RS.
  • Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla, Conducted by Patrick Gallois. Naxos 2008 ASIN: B003RCFCV0.
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