| 词条 | Symphony No. 1 (Bax) |
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The Symphony No. 1 by Arnold Bax was completed in 1922 and dedicated to John Ireland. Its outer movements were based on a Piano Sonata in E♭ that Bax subsequently orchestrated, while the central movement was newly composed for the symphony. It is scored for 4 flutes (3rd doubling bass flute, 4th doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 1 English horn, 1 heckelphone or bass oboe, 3 clarinets (3rd doubling E♭ clarinet), 1 bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 1 sarrusophone or contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, timpani, bass drum, tenor drum, snare drum, tambourine, cymbals, gong, triangle, bells, xylophone, glockenspiel, celesta, 2 harps and strings. It is in three movements:
The work is in many ways autobiographical with some music critics suggesting they could find references within the work to the Great War.[1] The opening movement begins with a significant motif in the symphony, one which is eventually turned into a triumphal march in the finale, which is relatively short for a Bax symphony. The second subject of the first movement is deeply expressive, almost romantic, as if evoking his deep love for his partner and pianist Harriet Cohen, for whom Bax wrote many works (including his best known orchestral piece, Tintagel). The second movement, which is in many ways a nostalgic elegy, is even more darkly scored than the opening movement. The movement uses new material, and contains an important motif that uses repeated chords, as if shaking a fist at heaven. The finale sees a triumphal march made out of material from the first movement and containing the first signs of hope in this symphony, a deeply contrasting mood to the opening two movements of the symphony. References1. ^{{cite news|last1=Moss|first1=Stephen|title=Building a classical music library: Arnold Bax|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/oct/11/buildingaclassicalmusiclib4|accessdate=18 January 2016|publisher=The Guardian|date=October 11, 2007|quote=Contemporaries saw it as his response to the first world war, but Grove says the war had surprisingly little effect on Bax and that the turmoil in his beloved Ireland culminating in the Easter Rising of 1916 was a more likely inspiration.}} External links
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