Symphonie de Salon No. 2

Between 1825 and 1827 Reicha composed three “Symphonie de Salons”, No. 1 for 9 instruments (oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass) and No. 2 and No. 3 for 10 instruments with an additional flute. Reicha numbered nos. 2 & 3, since with 10 instruments, new as nos. 1 and 2. In the first edition published here, however, all 3 are numbered consecutively.

In Maurice Emmanuel's biography from 1937, these three symphonies de Salon were mentioned, but without a source. The works could not be found. In 2017 they were discovered in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris in notes that came from the publishing archive of the Jobert publishing house, which came to the BnF in 2009.

The manuscripts were apparently already ready for the engraving, the Zetter & Cie publishing house advertised them, but the compositions were never printed. The publishing house was taken over by the Richault publishing house in 1855, and this by Les Éditions Costallat in 1898. In 1998 the publishing house Jobert took over and in 2009 the manuscripts were transferred to the BnF.

The Symphonie de Salon No. 2 was edited as ROM 412. Original title:

No 1 // Grande // Symphonie de salon // pour X // Instruments obligés solos, // Deux Violons, Alto, Violoncelle, // Contrebasse, flûte, Hautbois, // Clarinette, Cor et Basson // par // Ant. Reicha

Reicha distinguished the number of instruments in the numbering of his Symphonie de Salon. This was not done in the new edition and the three symphonies were numbered chronologically. Symphonie de Salon No. 1 for 9 instruments is edited as ROM 411, Symphonie de Salon No. 3 as ROM 413