Symphony No. 1 (Strauss)

Symphony No. 1
by Richard Strauss
Sketch of the composer by Else Demelius-Schenkl, in 1880
Key	D minor
Catalogue	TrV 94.
Composed	12 June 1880 (1880-06-12)[1]
Performed	30 March 1881 (1881-03-30)

Richard Strauss composed his Symphony No. 1 in D minor (TrV 94) in 1880 when he was just 16 years old. It consists of four movements, and lasts about 34 minutes. Although Strauss did not give a number to the symphony, it is often referred to as his First Symphony. It was premiered on 30 March 1881 at the Munich Academy of Music under the baton of Hermann Levi.