Description
Full set Symphony No. 8 in E minor, Op. 88, B.163 sheet music.
Symphony No. 8 in E minor, Op. 88, B.163 was composed and orchestrated by Antonin Dvorak within the two-and-a-half-month period from August 26 to November 8 1889 in Vysoka u Pribrami, Bohemia.
The symphony is scored for 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (1st doubling english horn)*, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, and strings.
The work is in four movements:
I. Allegro con brio (G major)
II. Adagio (C minor)
III. Allegretto grazioso – Molto vivace (G minor)
IV. Allegro ma non troppo (G major)
