The Symphonic Repertoire, Volume IVCentral to the repertoire of Western art music since the 18th century, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. Surprisingly, heretofore there has been no truly extensive, broad based treatment of the genre, and the best of the existing studies are now several decades old. In this five volume series, A. Peter Brown explores the symphony from its 18th century beginnings to the end of the 20th century.