Symphony No. 3 in Eb major Op. 97 [full score] series__Der Herr ist meine Stärke SWV 345 (Schütz) With their often-capricious melodies and

With their often-capricious melodies and harmony

Just as with the previously published "Carnival of the Animals" (PB/OB 5321) by Saint-Saens

The work ends with three increasingly distant

is based on texts from the Old and New Testaments

edited by Siegbert Rampe

Symphony No. 3 in Eb major Op. 97 [full score] series__Der Herr ist meine Stärke SWV 345 (Schütz) With their often-capricious melodies andThe 5 study scores of the symphonies (incl. early version of the 4 th symphony) in slipcase are temporarily out of print. The single editions are, however, still available. Schumann wrote his Third Symphony within a few weeks in late 1850. It was premiered in Dsseldorf on 6 February 1851 under the direction of the composer. The nicknameRhenish Symphony seems to go back to Wilhelm Josef von Wasielewski, who published a biography of Schumann in 1858.