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The 31 pages that link to Symphony, each with the reason it gives.

• Ludwig van BeethovenNarrower topic: The symphony became a central vehicle for Beethoven's large-scale musical ambitions.

• Chamber musicCompared with: Its large forces and sectional writing offer a clear contrast with chamber music’s intimate scale.

• Joseph HaydnNarrower topic: Haydn’s more than one hundred symphonies expanded the genre’s scale, structure, and expressive range.

• Johannes BrahmsNarrower topic: Brahms wrote four symphonies, establishing his place in the genre after Beethoven.

• Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyNarrower topic: His six numbered symphonies were a major part of his orchestral output.

• Gustav MahlerNarrower topic: Mahler expanded the symphony’s scale, movement structure, and expressive range.

• Program musicRelated: Symphonic tradition supplied a major form for both programmatic and nonprogrammatic works.

• Dmitri ShostakovichNarrower topic: The symphony was Shostakovich’s largest recurring form, spanning fifteen works.

• OrchestraRelated: The symphony became a central genre for the expanding orchestra.

• ConcertoCompared with: Unlike a concerto, a symphony does not center on a featured soloist opposing the ensemble.

• Instrumental musicBroader topic: The symphony is a major large-scale form built for instrumental forces.

• Classical periodBroader topic: The genre’s expanding scale gave Classical composers a major setting for formal innovation.

• American classical musicRelated: American composers adopted the symphony as a prominent vehicle for large-scale artistic statements.

• Symphonic poemCompared with: The symphonic poem recasts orchestral scale around a subject rather than a multi-movement symphonic design.

• Absolute musicBroader topic: Many canonical examples of absolute music are symphonies.

• Antonín DvořákNarrower topic: The symphony provided the large-scale form of several of Dvořák’s most influential works.

• Philip GlassNarrower topic: Glass has composed numerous symphonies, bringing his rhythmic language into the orchestral tradition.

• Symphony orchestraRelated: The genre became a central reason for the orchestra’s scale and public prominence.

• Jean SibeliusNarrower topic: Sibelius reshaped the symphony across seven works, often growing each piece from compact musical ideas.

• MinuetNarrower topic: Eighteenth-century symphonies often used a minuet as a middle movement.

• Orchestral musicBroader topic: It is a major form in which orchestral music develops large-scale musical arguments.

• Tone poemCompared with: A tone poem is typically one continuous movement rather than a multi-movement cycle.

• Brahms piano concertosCompared with: Brahms’s concertos bring symphonic scale and development into a solo concerto.

• SerenadeNarrower topic: The orchestral serenade borrows the symphony’s multi-movement scale while retaining a lighter character.

• SonataCompared with: A symphony often uses sonata form but is written for orchestra rather than a few performers.

• Leopold MozartNarrower topic: Leopold composed symphonies as well as works for violin and church settings.

• Carl NielsenNarrower topic: The genre gave Nielsen room to develop conflict and transformation across large spans.

• Curse of the NinthNarrower topic: The curse depends on the symphony’s numbered sequence and its place in composers’ output.

• First Viennese SchoolRelated: The three composers transformed the symphony into a major vehicle for public and artistic expression.

• Johann StamitzNarrower topic: Stamitz’s symphonies helped establish the genre’s Classical-era scale and orchestral voice.

• Zara LarssonBroader topic: Larsson’s featured vocal helped make this collaboration a worldwide hit.