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Max Bruch (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic composer, teacher, and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire.
Symphony No. 3 in E major, Op. 51 (1882, rev. 1886)
Dedication: Symphony Society of New York
I. Andante sostenuto. Allegro molto vivace. Adagio (0:00)
II. Adagio. Adagio ma non troppo (10:51)
III. Scherzo. Vivace (19:29)
IV. Finale. Allegro ma non troppo (25:47)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig conducted by Kurt Masur
After the failure of the 2nd Symphony from 1870, Bruch wrote in 1882 his 3rd Symphony. When Bruch was working in the summer of 1882 in Liverpool Leopold Damrosch commissioned a new Symphony to be premiered during the New York Symphony Society's America tour. For this Bruch reworked sketches going back as far as 1870 when he worked in Sondershausen.
He made revisions of the Symphony between 1884 and 1886 and in this form it was published by Breitkopf & Härtel. After the failure of the 2nd Symphony Fritz Simrock rejected the publication of the 3rd, after which Bruch wrote:
„Es ist aber seit 1870 viel Wasser durch den Rhein geflossen; ich habe verschiedene Häute abgeworfen und weil ich damals mit der zweiten Sinfonie einiges Pech gehabt habe, so ist damit nicht gesagt, daß ich jetzt wieder Pech haben muss.“
In the beginning Bruch wanted to name the 3rd "Am Rhein" as it has a thematic relationship with his Opera "The Loreley".
