Laurence Dreyfus uncovered a letter in which this symphony’s intended conductor wrote “Consider me an ass, I don’t mind,” and declined to premiere it. The main theme of this symphony’s first movement begins with a pickup sixteenth and a double-dotted half note, and later forms the so-called “announcement of death.” This symphony’s D-flat major Adagio lasts approximately 27 minutes in both of Eugen Jochum’s (“OY-gun YOH-kum’s”) studio recordings of its Nowak (“NOH-vack”) edition. This symphony marks its composer’s second use of Wagner tubas, after his previous symphony’s commemoration of Wagner’s death. Its scherzo (“SKAIRT-soh”) features the recurring “C, E-flat, F, high G, low G” “Deutscher Michel” (“DOY-cher MISH-ull”) theme. This C-minor symphony was the last one its composer completed before his 1896 death. For 10 points, name this penultimate symphony by the Austrian composer of the “Romantic” Symphony. ■END■
ANSWER: Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 [accept “The Apocalyptic” Symphony; accept WAB 108]
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