Symphony in F major (Saint-Saëns)

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Symphony in F major (Saint-Saëns) - Wikipedia

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Symphony in F Major
Urbs Roma
by Camille Saint-Saëns

Key	F Major
Period	Romantic
Genre	Symphony
Composed	1856 (1856)
Published	1974 (1974)
Duration	40 minutes
Movements	4
Scoring	Symphony Orchestrea
Premiere
Date	February 15, 1857 (1857-02-15)
Location	Conservatoire de Paris
Conductor	Jules Pasdeloup

Symphony in F major, by Camille Saint-Saëns is a symphonic work originally published under the title "Urbs Roma". The symphony was composed in 1856 and premiered the next year at the Conservatoire de Paris under Jules Pasdeloup. It would not see publication until 1974.^[1]

Background

The work was originally submitted under the title of "Urbs Roma" (the city of rome) for a competition in Bordeaux. The competition, which Saint-Saëns won, was intended as a starting point for young composers. The composer did not leave a program or other description that indicates how the music related to its title.^[2]

The work was buried by Saint-Saëns, who never published it during his lifetime and left it out of his own catalogue. This resulted in the work never receiving an opus number.^[2]^[3]

The theme of the slow third movement was reused in the composer's L'Assassinat du duc de Guise.^[4]

Structure

The work consists of four movements:^[1]^[5]

Largo - Allegro
Molto vivace (A minor)
Moderato, assai serioso (F minor)
Poco allegretto

Characteristics

The work opens in a slow, somber tone before transitioning to an allegro section. The first movement is constructed unusually, moving twice between Largo and Allegro. This is similar to the construction of Symphony in D Minor by César Franck that was composed 30 years later. The second movement is a scherzo that resembles a spring round dance. The third movement is a funeral march that is described as a "funeral march for the death of an Empire". The final movement is a theme and variations that takes a nostalgic tone and fluctuates between meters.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Symphony in F major is the longest of Saint-Saëns's symphonies, with a total runtime of 40 minutes.^[1]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Symphony in F major 'Urbs Roma' (Saint-Saëns, Camille) - IMSLP". imslp.org. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
^ ^a ^b "SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Urbs Roma - BIS BIS-2470 SACD [ST] Classical Music Reviews: November 2021 - MusicWeb-International". www.musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
^ "SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Symphonies, Vol. 3 - Symphony in .. - 8.573140 | Discover more releases from Naxos". www.naxos.com. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
^ ^a ^b Javotte (2014-01-01). "Symphony in F major ("Urbs Roma")". The Complete Works of Camille Saint-Saens. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
^ ^a ^b "Symphony in F major ("Urbs Roma") | Details". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
^ nstarling (2017-10-18). "2017-18 SAINT-SAËNS PROJECT". Utah Symphony. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
^ "Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony & Urbs Roma". Classical Explorer. 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2024-07-27.

External links

Symphony in F Major: Score at the International Music Score Library Project

Camille Saint-Saëns

List of compositions

Operas

Le timbre d'argent (1865)
La princesse jaune (1872)
Samson and Delilah (1877)
- "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"
Étienne Marcel (1879)
Henry VIII (1883)
Proserpine (1887)
Ascanio (1890)
Phryné (1893)
Frédégonde (1895)
Les barbares (1901)
Hélène (1904)
L'ancêtre (1905)
Déjanire (1911)

Symphonies

Symphony No. 1 (1853)
Symphony in F major (Urbs Roma) (1856)
Symphony No. 2 (1859)
Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony) (1886)

Concertos

Piano	Piano Concerto No. 1 (1858) Piano Concerto No. 2 (1868) Piano Concerto No. 3 (1869) Piano Concerto No. 4 (1875) Africa (1891) Piano Concerto No. 5 (The Egyptian) (1896)
Other	Violin Concerto No. 2 (1858) Violin Concerto No. 1 (1859) Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863) Cello Suite (1866) Cello Concerto No. 1 (1872) Violin Concerto No. 3 (1880) Havanaise (1887) Cello Concerto No. 2 (1902) Organ Concerto (Cyprès et lauriers) (1919)