Symphony No. 5 in D Major

Composer: BOYCE, William

Main page for Boyce’s 8 Symphonys in 8 Parts

  • This piece started life as the overture Boyce’s See famed Apollo and the nine (1739), a choral ode for St. Cecilia’s Day.1
  • Form: French overture (opening regal dotted-rhythm section, followed by faster fugal section), followed by two dance movements (gavotte & minuet)2

Sources

  1. Bruce and Ian Bartlett, “Boyce, William,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed August 8, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000040029.
  2. Keith Anderson, liner notes to William Boyce: Eight Symphonies, Op. 2, Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon, Naxos 8.557278, CD, 2005.

Cut IDs

17758, 41980