Symphony No. 4 (Hill)

Symphony No. 4[1] in C minor "The Pursuit of Happiness", Stiles 1.3.4.1 SyP,[2] was finished by Alfred Hill in 1954[3] or 1955.[4] Its first two movements were arranged from Hill's String Quartet No. 4 (1916), while the last one derives from the finale of his String Quartet No. 17 (1938; this whole quartet was later turned into the Short Symphony, 1958).[3] The symphony is dedicated "to my esteemed friend Henry Kripps",[5][4] a prominent Australian conductor. Its approximate duration is 20 minutes.

  1. ^ Note: Allan Stiles recommends not to use numbers for symphonies except for the first one.
  2. ^ Allan Stiles. A Catalogue of the Music of Alfred Hill
  3. ^ a b Rhoderick McNeill (23 March 2016). The Australian Symphony from Federation to 1960. Routledge. pp. 93–95, 99–104. ISBN 978-1-317-04087-3.
  4. ^ a b Keith Anderson. Booklet notes to Naxos 8.220345
  5. ^ Catalogue entry for the manuscript of the symphony