Symphony No. 6
Also known as Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, Pastoral Symphony, Sinfonia Pastorale
symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven
Key facts
- Key
- F major
- Composed
- 1802 ( 1802 ) –1808
- Dedication
- Prince Lobkowitz , Count Razumovsky
- Duration
- c. 40 minutes
- Scoring
- Orchestra
- Date
- 22 December 1808
- Location
- Theater an der Wien , Vienna
- Conductor
- Ludwig van Beethoven
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The Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the Pastoral Symphony (German: Pastorale), is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and completed in 1808. One of Beethoven's few works containing explicitly programmatic content, the symphony was first performed alongside his Fifth Symphony in the Theater an der Wien on 22 December 1808 in a four-hour concert.
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