Symphony No. 9 (Schubert) Symphony No. 9 (Schubert) The Symphony No. 9 in C major, D 944, known as the Great (published in 1840 as "Symphony No. 7 in C Major", listed as No. 8 in the Neue Schubert-Ausgabe), is the final symphony completed by Franz Schubert. Originally called "The Great C major" to distinguish it from his Symphony No. 6, the "Little C major", the subtitle is now usually taken as a reference to the symphony's majesty. Unusually long for a symphony of its time, a typical performance of "The Great" takes around 55 minutes, though it can also be played in as
Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven) initially, the Italian phrase "Intitolata Bonaparte" ("Titled Bonaparte"), secondly, the German phrase "Geschriben auf Bonaparte" ("Written for Bonaparte"), four lines below the Italian sub-title. Three months after retracting his initial Napoleonic dedication of the symphony, Beethoven informed his music publisher that "The title of the symphony is really "Bonaparte"". In 1806, the score was published under the Italian title "Sinfonia Eroica ... composta per festeggiare il sovvenire di un grande Uomo" ("Heroic Symphony, Composed to celebrate the memory of a great man"). Composed from the autumn of 1803 until the spring of 1804, the earliest rehearsals and performances of the