- Schubert wrote Symphony No. 3 in D Major in 1815, when the composer was 18 years old and still studying with Antonio Salieri. The work is short, just over 20 minutes long, and consists of four movements:
- Adagio maestoso; Allegro con brio
- Allegretto
- Menuetto
- Presto vivace
- Schubert never heard his Third Symphony performed in public. The work was published posthumously, and the first performance didn’t take place until 1881.1
- Listen for – the opera overture-like structure of the first movement, starting with a slow introduction and then moving into the “Allegro con brio” section.
- The fourth movement, “Presto vivace,” is a tarantella, a dance of Italian origin from the town of Taranto. It is a fast dance in 6/8 time.
Sources
- “Symphony No.3, D.200 (Schubert, Franz),” IMSLP, accessed January 6, 2025, https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.3,_D.200_(Schubert,_Franz).
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