Justin Heinrich Knecht :: Le portrait musical de la nature, ou Grande sinfonie (Pastoralsymphonie)


 

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Knecht, Justin Heinrich
1752-1817
(b Biberach an der Riss, 30 Sept 1752; d Biberach an der Riss, 1 Dec 1817). German
Le portrait musical de la nature, ou Grande sinfonie
(Pastoralsymphonie) <1784–1785>
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The elaborate program of this symphony anticipates that of Beethoven's 6th, and it is said [Oxford Dictionary of Music, 2nd ed, 1994] that Beethoven would have known of it, since the program was printed in an advertisement on the cover of Beethoven's earliest published piano sonatas (1783).
I. Allegretto
II. Tempo medemo
III. Allegro molto
IV. Tempo medemo
V. L'inno con variazioni: Andantino