Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

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Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 is a darkly dramatic and richly orchestrated symphony by Antonín Dvořák, often regarded as one of his greatest and most mature works.

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Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf symphony ⓘ
alternativeTitle Seventh Symphony ⓘ
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 70 (old London numbering) ⓘ
approximateDurationMinutes 40 ⓘ
catalogNumber B. 141 ⓘ
commissionedBy Royal Philharmonic Society ⓘ
commissioningCity London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
composer Antonín Dvořák ⓘ
composerNationality Czech ⓘ
compositionEndDate 1885 ⓘ
compositionStartDate 1884 ⓘ
countryOfPremiere United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo London Philharmonic Society ⓘ
firstMovementForm sonata form ⓘ
firstMovementTitle Allegro maestoso ⓘ
fourthMovementTitle Finale: Allegro ⓘ
genre Romantic symphony ⓘ
influences Johannes Brahms ⓘ
key D minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
notableFor cyclical thematic relationships ⓘ
intense emotional expression ⓘ
mature symphonic writing ⓘ
numberInSeries 7 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 70 ⓘ
orchestration brass ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
strings ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
placeInComposerOutput one of Dvořák's greatest symphonies ⓘ
one of Dvořák's most mature works ⓘ
premiereCity London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
premiereConductor Antonín Dvořák ⓘ
premiereDate 1885-04-22 ⓘ
premiereOrchestra Royal Philharmonic Society Orchestra ⓘ
premiereVenue St James's Hall ⓘ
publisher Simrock ⓘ
relatedWorkBySameComposer Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 ⓘ
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World" ⓘ
secondMovementTitle Poco adagio ⓘ
styleCharacterization dark ⓘ
dramatic ⓘ
richly orchestrated ⓘ
thirdMovementTitle Scherzo: Vivace ⓘ
tonalCenter D minor ⓘ
workTitle Symphony No. 7 in D minor ⓘ
yearOfComposition 1885 ⓘ

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Antonín Dvořák → notableWork → Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 ⓘ
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 → precededBy → Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 ⓘ