What is Schubert's Symphony No 8 better known as?

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What is Schubert's Symphony No 8 better known as?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B minor, commonly known as the Unfinished (German: Unvollendete), was started in 1822 but left with only two movements complete even though Schubert would live for another six years. A scherzo, nearly completed in piano score but with only two pages orchestrated, also survives. It has long been theorized that Schubert may have sketched a finale which instead became the big B minor entr'acte from his incidental music to Rosamunde, but all the evidence for this is circumstantial.

Several (classical) composers left fragments of symphonies that for various reasons could be considered incomplete or unfinished.

The archetypal unfinished symphony is Schubert's 8th (written in 1822, but not performed until 1865, several decades after the composer's death). It featured two fully orchestrated movements, while from some sketches it is clear Schubert originally intended to create a traditional four-movement symphony.

After the discovery of the two completed movements of this symphony (in the archives of the orchestra to which Schubert had sent them) music historians and scholars toiled to "prove" the composition was complete in this form, and indeed, in its two-movement form it proved to be one of Schubert's most cherished compositions.

The rediscovery of Schubert's unfinished symphony led to a flurry of interest in other lost, rejected, or unfinished works.

Franz Peter Schubert (January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828) was an Austrian composer. He wrote some six hundred songs (Lieder) in addition to nine symphonies and thirteen operas, including his first German work, Die B㼲gschaft. Schubert has been noted particularly for his genius for original melodic and harmonic writing.

Yet, during his lifetime, public appreciation for his work was for the most part, limited at best. He was also never able to secure adequate permanent employment and for the majority of his career, relied on the support of friends and family. However, interest in Schubert's work increased dramatically following his death in 1828.