Symphony No. 3 E flat Major. "Rheinische". op. 97. Orchestra. Partition.

The title of this symphony goes back to the conductor W. J. von Wasielewski, alluding to the Rhenish cheerfulness of Düsseldorf where Robert Schumann had found a new home, although this goes against Schumann's disapproval of programme music. The symphony was created in only a few months, a fact commented on by the composer as being in harmony with Romantic aesthetics in art : 'The faster, the better.
The ? ow of ideas and train of thought are more real and more natural than with long re ? ection. ' This is the ? rst time that Schumann does not start a symphony with a slow introduction. The rhythmically distinctive ? rst movement, whose sonata form and optimism correspond with the ? fth movement, is followed by three rather slow middle movements, each of them arranged clearly in ABA form. Instrumentation : Orchestra op.
97