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Symphony No. 7
by Jean Sibelius
The composer (c. 1925)
Key	C major
Catalogue	Op. 105
Composed	1918 (1918)–1924
Publisher	Wilhelm Hansen (1925)
Duration	Approx. 20 mins.
Movements	1
Premiere
Date	24 March 1924 (1924-03-24)
Location	Stockholm, Sweden
Conductor	Jean Sibelius
Performers	Stockholm Concert Society

The Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105, is a single-movement work for orchestra written from 1918 to 1924 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

Sibelius's work on his Fifth (Op. 82), Sixth (Op. 104), and Seventh symphonies overlapped, as he sorted his motifs and refined his symphonic ideals. His initial plan (c. 1918) for what would become Op. 105 was a symphony in three movements; by 1922, this had evolved into a four-movement work and, by 1923, finally into a single-movement composition that eroded the traditional subdivisions of sonata form. The completed piece initially premiered under the ambivalent title of Fantasia sinfonica, but at some point in 1924–1925, Sibelius decided to 'promote' it to his Symphony No. 7. A preliminary ending is extant.

History

Context and analysis

Discography

Main article: Discography of Sibelius symphony cycles

The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of the Symphony No. 7.

No.	Conductor	Ensemble	Rec.	Time	Recording venue	Label	Ref.
1	[[]]	[[]]
1	[[]]	[[]]
1	[[]]	[[]]
1	[[]]	[[]]

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