Justin Heinrich Knecht - Le Portrait musical de la nature ou Grande Symphonie (1785) 

Sorprende que está maravilla sea poco conocida.

Magníficas obras musicales que llegan para alimentar el alma. Gracias por compartirlas.

This is really an extraordinary find! So many similarities with Beethoven's Pastorale, however written before Beethoven's. Thanks a lot for sharing!!

Movement 3 is like a musical roller coaster.

MrDeasterri: Pre Pastoral by about 20 years.

Sorry you think that Polymath7. Maybe I'll get plucked off by a solar flare, and my family can fight over what's left. Grace a Dieux pour cette symphonie; une des mieux! RKBvi

There is a remerakable reseblance between this beautiful symphony and the sinfonia in G major by Frantisek Xaver Dusek. Does anybody know the dates of composition of the two symphonies? It would be interesting to know if Beethoven was the only composer to be inspired by Knecht, whose compositions certainly deserve wider recognition.

1. Une belle contrée où le soleil luit, les doux zéphyrs voltigent, les ruisseaux traversent le vallon, les oiseaux gazouillent, un torrent tombe du haut en murmurant, le berger siffle, les moutons sautent et la bergère fait entendre sa douce voix. 2. Le ciel commence à devenir soudain et sombre, tout le voisinage a de la peine de respirer et s'effraye, les nuages noirs montent, les vents se mettent à faire un bruit, le tonnerre gronde de loin et l'orage approche à pas lents. 3. L'orage accompagné des vents murmurants et des pluies battantes gronde avec toute la force, les sommets des arbres font un murmure et le torrent roule ses eaux avec un bruit épouvantable. 4. L'orage s'apaise peu à peu, les nuages se dissipent et le ciel devient clair. 5. La Nature transportée de la joie élève la voix vers le ciel et rend au créateur les plus vives grâces par des chants doux et agréables.

That space art is hilariously fanciful. Those terrestrial bodies (be they moons or planets) could not possibly exist in such close proximity -at least not for long.

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I wonder if Herr Knecht conceived of this lovely piece as a ballet score because, in addition to the Pastorale Symphony, this music is also reminiscent of Beethoven's Ritterballet. That's a gorgeous work as as well although more fit for marching than dancing. It's "ballet" music that "Mad Cow" Mattis could march to, and even Trump when he's not drunk or on meds like he sounded during his Jerusalem speech. If Sessions wants to fight the opioid crisis, perhaps he should start by arresting his boss in the Oval Office.