Dr Robert Samuels, Senior Lecturer in Music at the Open University, explains how the symphony came to be.
Dr Robert Samuels, Senior Lecturer in Music at the Open University, explains how this comprehensive form of music came to be.
"Today, the symphony is at the centre of our concert life. But, it only got there gradually."
Dr Robert Samuels
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