Symphony No.7, Op.87 (Gouvy, Louis Théodore)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements
Composition Year	1887-89/92 (two versions)
Genre Categories	Symphonies; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr)

Sheet Music

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Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1893]. Plate 20081.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. HMB 1893,373 since the price on the cover is 12 marks (see below).
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano 4 Hands

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Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d. Plate 20083.
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General Information

Work Title	Symphony No.7
Alternative. Title
Composer	Gouvy, Louis Théodore
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.87
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	ILG 39
Key	G minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements I. Poco adagio - Allegro II. Scherzo: Allegro con brio III. Andante con moto IV. Finale: Allegro risoluto
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1887-89/92 (two versions)
First Performance.	1893 February 23 in Leipzig Carl Reinecke conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus
First Publication.	1893
Average DurationAvg. Duration	30 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	orchestra 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinet (B♭), 2 bassoons 4 horns (F), 2 trumpets (F), 3 trombones, timpani, strings
External Links	Miniature score preface by Stephen Luttmann, 2014

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Seems to have been premiered during the 1892–1893 season of the Leipzig Gewandhaus (see Verwaltungsbericht des Rates der stadt Leipzig, XIII. Anstalten für Kunst, p.245 (list of works upcoming? during the 1892–93 season; "Gouvy (G-moll) (neu)".) (See preface: premiered by Reinecke on February 23rd '93.)

Appears twice in rapid succession (?) in NZM (Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1893), p.373 ; Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1894), p.58) - both full scores, same publisher, only apparent difference being the cover price and size (ottavo, 12 marks, for the former; 13.80 marks for the latter.)

Definitely "no. 6" rather than no.7 per MPH preface (unless the sinfonietta, originally intended to be a symphony, or the 1889 version of this symphony, stands in for no.6?). Also, more or less 1889/92 (two different dates for two different versions) rather than 1889-92 (span of time) for composition, one gathers from the cpo notes; some of the material (the scherzo) relates to an unpublished chamber work from 1887 (which has been recorded, on Phaia/K617 Music, 2003.)