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.

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

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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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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