Arnold Schönberg
Chamber Symphony No. 1
Short instrumentation: 1 2 3 2 - 2 0 0 0 - str(1 1 1 1 1)
Duration: 22'
Instrumentation details:
flute (+picc)
oboe
cor anglais
clarinet in D (+cl(Eb))
clarinet in A (+cl(Bb))
bass clarinet in Bb
bassoon
contrabassoon
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
1st violin(1)
2nd violin(1)
viola(1)
violoncello(1)
contrabass(1)
Schönberg - 1. Kammersymphonie for 15 solo instruments
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Arnold Schönberg
Schönberg: 1. Kammersymphonie E major - op. 9Orchestration: für 15 Soloinstrumente
Type: Dirigierpartitur (Sonderanfertigung)
Arnold Schönberg
Schönberg: Chamber Symphony E major for piano - op. 9
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Orchestration: for piano
Type: Klavierauszug
Arnold Schönberg
Schönberg: Chamber Symphony E major for piano 4 hands - op. 9Orchestration: for piano 4 hands
Type: Noten
Arnold Schönberg
Schönberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1 E major for 15 solo instruments - op. 9Orchestration: for 15 solo instruments
Type: Studienpartitur
Arnold Schönberg
Schönberg: Kammersymphonie E major - op. 9Orchestration: für 15 Soloinstrumente
Type: Klavierauszug (Sonderanfertigung)
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Composed in 1906, the Chamber Symphony op. 9 for 15 solo instruments represents a high point in Schönberg’s artistic development. The reasons that motivated Schönberg as early as 1914 to arrange this Chamber Symphony for orchestra were not only related to practical performance aspects, however (enabling performance at larger concert halls), but were also connected to the fundamental problem that originated quasi-intrinsically from its hybrid position between orchestral and chamber music. The orchestral version from 1914 was never published and is now available for the first time as completely new orchestral material. A later orchestral version, which is further from the original, was produced by Schönberg when he was already in American exile.