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How many symphonies did Robert Schumann complete?

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Robert Schumann completed four symphonies during his career.12

While he also produced sketches for an uncompleted symphony in C minor, his finalized symphonic works are as follows:

Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major (1841), often referred to as the Spring symphony.12
Symphony No. 2 in C Major (1846).12
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major (1850), known as the Rhenish symphony.12
Symphony No. 4 in D Minor (originally composed in 1841 and drastically rewritten in 1851).12

The fourth symphony is noted for its cyclic structure, in which all four movements are played without pause, a technique that highlights Schumann's focus on thematic transformation.1