Symphony No. 4 (Beethoven)

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The Symphony No. 4 in B♭ major, Op. 60, is the fourth-published symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was composed in 1806 and premiered in March 1807 at a private concert in Vienna at the town house of Prince Lobkowitz. The first public performance was at the Burgtheater in Vienna in April 1808. The symphony is in four movements. Commentators have described the symphony as genial in tone and have treated it as overshadowed by the Third Symphony (Eroica) and the Fifth, which precede and follow it. Berlioz, Mendelssohn and Schumann admired the work, though it has remained less widely performed and less widely known than the Eroica and the Fifth.

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