Clara Schumann, Robert's widow, later claimed on the first page of the score to the symphony—as published in 1882 as part of her husband's complete works (Robert Schumanns Werke, Herausgegeben von Clara Schumann, published by Breitkopf & Härtel)—that the symphony had merely been sketched in 1841 but was only fully orchestrated ("vollständig instrumentiert") in 1851. However, this was untrue, and Johannes Brahms, who greatly preferred the earlier version of the symphony, published that version in 1891 despite Clara's strenuous objections.
Date of composition | 1841 (revised in 1851) |
Premiered | 1841, December 6th in Leipzig, Germany |
First published | 1853, Breitkopf und Härtel in Leipzig, Germany |
Type | Symphony |
Tonality | D Minor |
Catalogue | Op. 120 |
Approx. duration | 30 minutes |
Instruments | Orchestra |
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Robert Schumann: Symphonie n°4 en ré mineur, Op. 120 Robert Schumann: Sinfonia n. 4 in re minore, Op. 120 Robert Schumann: Sinfonie Nr. 4 d-moll, Op. 120 |