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 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work
symphony
approximateDurationMinutes 30
catalogNumber Op. 52
completionYear 1907
composer Jean Sibelius NERFINISHED
composerNationality Finnish
compositionEndYear 1907
compositionStartYear 1904
countryOfOrigin Finland
dedicatedTo Sir Granville Bantock NERFINISHED
firstMovementTitle Allegro moderato
followedBy Symphony No. 4 in A minor NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Symphony No. 2 in D major NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
premiereCity Helsinki NERFINISHED
premiereConductor Jean Sibelius NERFINISHED
premiereCountry Finland NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1907-09-25
premiereOrchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Society NERFINISHED
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel NERFINISHED
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) NERFINISHED
tonalCenter C
typicalPerformanceContext concert hall
workSeries Symphonies by Jean Sibelius NERFINISHED
workTitleLanguageVariant Sinfonia n. 3 in do maggiore NERFINISHED
Sinfonia nro 3 C-duuri NERFINISHED

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Jean Sibelius notableWork Symphony No. 3 in C major