Symphony No.4 (Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings)

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1889.
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Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 4167. This version has been recorded once only and apparently remains otherwise unpublished, unlike the 1910 revision.
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Work Title Symphony No.4
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Composer Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ICP 83
Key E minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 movements (4 in revised form)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1889, revised 1910
First Performance. 1889/07/01
First Publication. 1910? (Novello) (revision)
Dedication Hans Richter
Average DurationAvg. Duration 43 minutes (1889); 40 minutes (1910)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons + 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba + timpani + strings
External Links Wikipedia article (Dutch)
Extra Information Thesis: Riley, M 2019, Style, Character and Revelation in Parry’s Fourth Symphony. in S Collins (ed.), Music and Victorian Liberalism: Composing the Liberal Subject. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 129-150. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108628778.007

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Parry substantially rewrote the symphony (including a new scherzo) in 1910, removing the 2-minute Intermezzo for example.