The Sturm und Drang Period (1768 - 1772)

What was Sturm und Drang?


The Sturm und Drang symphonies

Symphony No. 39 in G minor, "Tempesta di mare" (1767/1768)  (First Sturm und Drang symphony)

Symphony No. 49 in F minor, "La passione"  (1768)

Symphony No. 26 in D minor,  "Lamentatione"   (1769?)

Symphony No. 48 in C major, "Maria Theresia" (1768/1769)

Symphony No. 43 in Eb major, "Mercury"  (1771)

Symphony No. 52 in C minor  (1771/1772)

Symphony No. 44 in E minor, "Trauer"  (1772)

Symphony No. 45 in F♯ minor, "Farewell"  (1772)

Symphony No. 46 in B major  (1772)

Symphony No. 47 in G major, "Palindrome"  (1772)


Other important Sturm und Drang works:

String Quartets, Op. 20 "Sun Quartets" (1772)

Piano Sonata No. 33 in C minor, Hob. XVI/20, L. 33 (1771)