Talk:Symphony No. 4 (Schumann)

1841, 1851 - 1853
Weren't there three versions - the third version, prepared for the 1853 Rheinland festival (and finished in that year) (premiered along with the op. 123 cantata; see Daverio 1997, I think) was the one that was published, not the 1851 version? I may be mistaken here... Schissel | Sound the Note! 14:24, 23 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Schumman reviewed the symphony in 1851 and Breitkopf und Härtel published it in 1853. Reference: Daverio, Booklet of Complete Symphonies, Gardiner, Archiv. --Jdiazch (talk) 13:51, 21 January 2009 (UTC)



While the Clara Schumann (1851) edition of Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 4 (available online as a free pdf at the International Score Library Project (IMSLP) does not have Roman numeral designations for movements, the work is nevertheless still clearly in a four- (rather than five-)movement structure.

The schema that presently appears (January 30, 4:07am, Pacific Standard Time) --

Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft (D minor) Romanze: Ziemlich langsam (A minor) Scherzo: Lebhaft (D minor) Etwas zurückhaltend - Langsam (G minor) Lebhaft (D major)

-- seems to be in error. The "Etwas zuruckhaltend (G Minor) is clearly a recapitulation of the Scherzo's Trio theme, and additionally serves as a transition to Langsam (D minor, with suggestions of Bb and F Major), which is the introduction section of movement 4. Additionally I can find only 4-movement citations in a quick google search of recordings and concerts (and while none clarify whether they are utilizing the 1841 or 1851 editions, the latter is far more commonly played).  So I'm going into the article and changing above to

Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft (D minor) Romanze: Ziemlich langsam (A minor) Scherzo: Lebhaft (D minor) Langsam; Lebhaft (D major)

````Mark Alburger —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.55.120.7 (talk) 12:20, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Also deleted the "D minor to D major" locution that was given for the first movement of the 1841 version. While both versions' first movements manifest this change of mode in their codas, this need not be acknowledged in the general characterization of a movement's tonality ````M.A. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.55.120.7 (talk) 12:35, 30 January 2010 (UTC)