{"id":1358,"date":"2022-08-22T23:15:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T21:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2023-01-19T11:39:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T10:39:14","slug":"how-many-symphonies-did-beethoven-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/how-many-symphonies-did-beethoven-write\/","title":{"rendered":"How many symphonies did Beethoven write?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Compared to contemporary Viennese master like Haydn or Mozart, Beethoven was not very prolific in composing symphonies.<\/p>\n
Haydn, the Father of Symphony, wrote 108 symphonies (one is lost and one is symphonie concertante) and Mozart composed some 50 pieces.<\/p>\n
Ludwig van Beethoven composed 9 symphonies.<\/strong> This may be a lower number, but not so in quality! Most Beethoven symphonies are considered extraordinary and some of them opened new chapters in the book of musical history!<\/strong><\/p>\n List of the symphonies Beethoven composed (with opus number, name, key, date of composition and premier):<\/p>\n Opus 21: Symphony No. 1 in C major (composed 1799\u20131800, premi\u00e8red 1800)<\/a>
\nOpus 36: Symphony No. 2 in D major (composed 1801\u201302, premi\u00e8red 1803)
\nOpus 55: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major (\u201cEroica\u201d) (composed 1803-04, premi\u00e8red 1804)<\/a>
\nOpus 60: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major (composed 1806, premi\u00e8red 1807)
\nOpus 67: Symphony No. 5 in C minor (composed 1804\u201308, premi\u00e8red 1808)
\nOpus 68: Symphony No. 6 in F major (\u201cPastoral\u201d) (composed 1804\u201308, premi\u00e8red 1808)
\nOpus 92: Symphony No. 7 in A major (composed 1811\u201312, premi\u00e8red 1813)
\nOpus 93: Symphony No. 8 in F major (composed 1812, premi\u00e8red 1814)
\nOpus 125: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (\u201cChoral\u201d) (composed 1817\u201324, premi\u00e8red 1824)<\/p>\n
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