Symphony No. 4 (Spohr)

Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 4
by Louis Spohr
Key	F major
Opus	86
Movements	four
Scoring	Orchestra

KeyF major

Opus86

Movementsfour

ScoringOrchestra

The Symphony No. 4 in F major, Op. 86 by Louis Spohr has the title "Die Weihe der Töne," meaning "The Consecration of Sound," and is a programmatic work based on the poem of the same name by Carl Pfeiffer.^[1] It was composed in 1832 and published in 1834.^[2]

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v t e Louis Spohr
List of compositions
Operas	Die Prüfung (1806) Alruna (1808) Faust (1816) Zemire und Azor [de] (1818-19) Jessonda (1823)
Symphonies	No. 1 in E♭ major No. 2 in D minor No. 3 in C minor No. 4 in F major, "Die Weihe der Töne" No. 5 in C minor No. 6 in G major, "Historische im Stil und Geschmack 4 verschiedener Zeitabschnitte" No. 7 in C major, "Irdisches und Göttliches im Menschenleben" No. 8 in G major No. 9 in B minor, "Die Jahreszeiten" No. 10 in E♭ major
String Quartets	No. 3 in D minor No. 6 in G minor No. 11 in E major No. 18 in B minor No. 19 in A major No. 30 in A major Potpourri No. 4 in B major
Other works	Clarinet Concerto No. 1
Related	Joseph Karl Bernard Eduard Heinrich Gehe [de] Grand opera German Opera
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