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The Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944, known as the ''Great'' (published in 1840 as “Symphony No. 7 in C Major”,〔http://www.daytonphilharmonic.com/content.jsp?articleId=1093 〕 listed as No. 8 in the Neue Schubert-Ausgabe〔http://www.schubert-ausgabe.de/index.php?article_id=8&clang=1&FORM%5Bgenre%5D=&FORM%5Bgenre2%5D=&FORM%5Border%5D=&FORM%5Bseite%5D=109&FORM%5Bdetail%5D=1088〕), is the final symphony completed by Franz Schubert. Originally called ''The Great C major'' to distinguish it from his Symphony No. 6, the ''Little C major'',〔http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/1_Tickets_and_Events/Program_Notes/ProgramNotes_Schubert_Symphony_9.pdf〕 the subtitle is now usually taken as a reference to the symphony's majesty. Unusually long for a symphony of its time, a typical performance of ''The Great'' takes around 55 minutes, though it can also be played in as little as 45 minutes by employing a faster tempo and not repeating sections as indicated in the score. ==Composition and early reception== For a long time, the symphony was believed to be a work of Schubert’s last year, 1828. It was true that, in the last months of his life, he did start drafting a symphony – but this was the work in D major now accepted as Symphony No. 10, which has been realized for performance by Brian Newbould.〔Brian Newbould, ''Schubert and the Symphony'', p. 212.〕 In fact, it is now known that the 'Great' was largely composed in sketch in the summer of 1825: that, indeed it was the work to which Schubert was referring in a letter of March 1824 when he said he was preparing himself to write 'a grand symphony' (originally listed as ''Gmunden-Gastein'' symphony, D 849 in the Deutsch Catalogue). By the spring or summer of 1826 it was completely scored, and in October, Schubert, who was quite unable to pay for a performance, sent it to the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde with a dedication. In response they made him a small payment, arranged for the copying of the orchestral parts, and at some point in the latter half of 1827 gave the work an unofficial play-through (the exact date and the conductor are unknown) – though it was considered too long and difficult for the amateur orchestra of the conservatory.〔Newbould, p. 214.〕 A recent hypothesis suggests that the symphony may have received its first performance on 12 March 1829 in a Concert spirituel at the Landständischer Saal in Vienna.〔Otto Biba, "Die Uraufführung von Schuberts Großer C-Dur-Symphonie – 1829 in Wien. Ein glücklicher Aktenfund zum Schubert-Jahr", ''Musikblätter der Wiener Philharmoniker'' 51 (Vienna, 1997) p. 290.〕 The evidence for this hypothesis is slender, however, and it contradicts contemporary sources which prove that Schubert's Symphony No. 6 (also in C major) was performed at this instance.〔Werner Aderhold (ed.): Preface. In: ''Sinfonie Nr. 8 in C.'' Neue Schubert-Ausgabe, Serie V, Band 4a. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2003 (BA 5554), ISMN M-006-49713-3.〕 In 1836 Schubert's brother Ferdinand attempted to perform the final movement alone, yet there is no proof that it was actually played in public.〔 In 1838, ten years after Schubert's death, Robert Schumann visited Vienna and was shown the manuscript of the symphony at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde by Ferdinand Schubert. He took a copy that Ferdinand had given him back to Leipzig, where the entire work was performed publicly for the first time by Felix Mendelssohn at the Leipzig Gewandhaus on 21 March 1839. Schumann celebrated the event in the ''Neue Zeitschrift für Musik'' with an ecstatic article in which, in a phrase destined to become famous, he hailed the symphony for its 'heavenly length'.〔Schumann wrote of the "heavenly length of the symphony, like a thick novel in four volumes, perhaps by Jean Paul, who also never wanted to end, and for the best of reasons—in order to allow the reader to continue creating for himself... At first, we may feel a little uneasy because of the... charming variety of vital feeling... but in the end a delightful impression remains. We feel that the composer is the master of his tale, and that, in time, its connections will become clear... It would not give us or others any pleasure to analyze the separate movements; for to give an idea of the novelistic character that pervades the entire symphony, one would have to reproduce it whole." (From: Translated in: )〕 The symphony, however, was found to be very difficult for orchestras to play because of its extremely lengthy woodwind and string parts. When taking the symphony to Paris in 1842 and London in 1844, Mendelssohn found orchestras completely unwilling to play the symphony; in London, the violinists collapsed in laughter when rehearsing the second subject of the finale.〔William Mann: Notes from back of LP: "Schubert Symphony No. 9 in c major 'The Great'," conducted by Otto Klemperer, Philharmonic Orchestra," Angel Records 35946, 1961.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Symphony No. 9 (Schubert)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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