Symphony No. 3 in C major

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Symphony No. 3 in C major is a concise, classically structured symphony by Jean Sibelius that marks a stylistic shift from his earlier Romantic expansiveness toward a more restrained and modern idiom.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Symphony No. 3 in C major canonical 2
Sinfonia nro 3 C-duuri 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
approximateDurationMinutes 30 ⓘ
catalogNumber Op. 52 ⓘ
completionYear 1907 ⓘ
composer Jean Sibelius ⓘ
composerNationality Finnish ⓘ
compositionEndYear 1907 ⓘ
compositionStartYear 1904 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Finland ⓘ
dedicatedTo Sir Granville Bantock ⓘ
linked to: Granville Bantock
firstMovementTitle Allegro moderato ⓘ
followedBy Symphony No. 4 in A minor ⓘ
genre symphonic music ⓘ
historicalSignificance marks Sibelius’s move toward a more restrained and modern idiom ⓘ
intendedEnsemble symphony orchestra ⓘ
key C major ⓘ
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
marksStylisticShiftFrom Symphony No. 1 in E minor ⓘ
Symphony No. 2 in D major ⓘ
movementCount 3 ⓘ
musicalEra early modern ⓘ
late Romantic ⓘ
notableFeature classically oriented structure ⓘ
concise form ⓘ
motivic economy ⓘ
organic thematic development ⓘ
reduced Romantic expansiveness compared to earlier Sibelius symphonies ⓘ
numberInSeries 3 ⓘ
orchestration standard late-Romantic symphony orchestra ⓘ
precededBy Symphony No. 2 in D major ⓘ
premiereCity Helsinki ⓘ
premiereConductor Jean Sibelius ⓘ
premiereCountry Finland ⓘ
premiereDate 1907-09-25 ⓘ
premiereOrchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Society ⓘ
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel ⓘ
secondMovementTitle Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto ⓘ
structureCharacteristic finale combining scherzo and finale functions ⓘ
three-movement layout instead of four ⓘ
stylePeriod early 20th-century ⓘ
thirdMovementTitle Moderato – Allegro (finale) ⓘ
tonalCenter C ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext concert hall ⓘ
workSeries Symphonies by Jean Sibelius ⓘ
linked to: Sibelius symphonies
workTitleLanguageVariant Sinfonia n. 3 in do maggiore ⓘ
Sinfonia nro 3 C-duuri ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jean Sibelius → notableWork → Symphony No. 3 in C major ⓘ
Symphony No. 3 in C major → workTitleLanguageVariant → Sinfonia nro 3 C-duuri ⓘ
linked to: Symphony No. 3 in C major
Symphony No. 4 in A minor → workChronologyPrevious → Symphony No. 3 in C major ⓘ