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About LinkBacksTo keep in line with "debut" I am only going to include choices by composers who wrote more than 1 symphony
Beethoven
Berlioz (Symphonie Fantastique)
Brahms
Bruckner (consider 1, not 0 or 00)
Dvorak (Bells of Zlonice)
Elgar
Ives
Mahler
Neilsen
Schmidt
Schumann
Shostakovich
Sibelius
Tanayev
Tchaikovsky
Your favorite debut symphony
To keep in line with "debut" I am only going to include choices by composers who wrote more than 1 symphony
Very easy. Symphony no 1 by Jean Sibelius. Surprise, surprise!
"Music is not philosophy." --Akira Ifukube
Is this going to be a poll? I like Tchaikovsky's 1st.
Sibelius and Brahms, followed by Mahler, Shostakovich and Penderecki.
edit - Berlioz 1 is definitely great as well (haven't heard all the symphonies on the poll, but just listing my current favorites)l.
Last edited by tdc; Nov-11-2011 at 19:08.
Brahms 1 , Mahler close
Last edited by Itullian; Nov-11-2011 at 19:06.
I voted Schumann (surprise, surprise).
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in over-alls and looks like work." - Thomas Edison
For me, it's Mahler 1, Brahms close.Originally Posted by Itullian
Last edited by Manxfeeder; Nov-11-2011 at 22:37.
I never understood Brahms in general, so I can't figure out why that first symphony of his is so damn popular. Oh, yes I can. People like those opening few bars. A LOT.
"Music is not philosophy." --Akira Ifukube
I hear it as a chronicle of moving past things which have held you back - in his case, two women in particular - and finding freedom to be who you really are - symbolized by a nature theme and a spiritual theme.
Last edited by Manxfeeder; Nov-11-2011 at 23:23.
You're right. You don't understand.
Beethoven No. 1, C major. Nooooo doubt about it. As much as it owes to Haydn & Mozart I believe it is the debut of all symphonies.
I agree with Itullian. Brahms just beats out Mahler.
Davidmahler blew my original thinking out of the water, as I was going to nominate the ill-fated Hans Rott. Assuming he's off limits then nothing as striking immediately springs to mind.
Perhaps I'm unusual (or not?), but I don't like the first movement of Brahms 1. I guess the monothematicism is meant to be symbolic, but I feel like it just doesn't work within such a dissonant harmonic style. The other movements appeal to me a lot more, when they're played well.
Last edited by Webernite; Nov-12-2011 at 00:29.
You know its a tough choice between Sibelius and Beethoven.
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