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forms the registry aliases name include programmatic symphonies describing stories or images, unfinished symphonies such as Schubert's Eighth, the sinfonia concertante featuring soloists, symphonies for concert band and piano symphonies, a term for orchestral-scale works for solo piano, which are rarer usages.","purpose":"Let an agent explain symphonies, relay history, structure, major composers and named forms from music history sources, describe the named aliases, and distinguish symphonies from concertos, symphonic poems, overtures, sinfoniettas and orchestras themselves.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Orchestral","Multi-movement","Large-scale form","Central concert repertoire"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a symphony is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a symphony, and how does it differ from concertos, symphonic poems, overtures, sinfoniettas and orchestras?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about listening, history, performance or a specific work?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"forms","name":"Forms","description":"Named forms.","findings":[{"id":"forms-finding","name":"Forms","description":"Forms.","questions":[{"text":"What are piano, choral, unfinished, programmatic and band symphonies and the sinfonia concertante?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific form?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","layers":[{"id":"classical","name":"Classical","description":"Classical era.","findings":[{"id":"classical-finding","name":"Classical","description":"Classical.","questions":[{"text":"How did Haydn and Mozart shape the symphony?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"romantic","name":"Romantic","description":"Beethoven and after.","findings":[{"id":"romantic-finding","name":"Romantic","description":"Romantic.","questions":[{"text":"How did Beethoven, Brahms and Mahler expand the symphony?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"music","name":"Music","description":"Structure.","layers":[{"id":"movements","name":"Movements","description":"Movements.","findings":[{"id":"movements-finding","name":"Movements","description":"Movements.","questions":[{"text":"What is the typical four-movement plan, and how did composers vary it?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits movement (music)?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"program","name":"Programme","description":"Programme music.","findings":[{"id":"program-finding","name":"Programme","description":"Programme.","questions":[{"text":"How do programmatic symphonies such as Berlioz s Symphonie fantastique tell stories?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits program music?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Culture.","layers":[{"id":"unfinished","name":"Unfinished","description":"Unfinished symphonies.","findings":[{"id":"unfinished-finding","name":"Unfinished","description":"Unfinished.","questions":[{"text":"Why did Schubert s Eighth remain unfinished, and what theories exist, with views attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral and attributed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"twentieth","name":"20th century","description":"20th century.","findings":[{"id":"twentieth-finding","name":"20th century","description":"20th century.","questions":[{"text":"How did Shostakovich and Sibelius approach the symphony in the 20th century?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits Dmitri Shostakovich?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe a symphony's form, movements and history, citing scores and scholarship.","Distinguish the symphony as a musical form from the orchestra that performs it."],"mustNot":["Attribute a symphony, or a reading of its meaning, to a composer without evidence.","Present the simplified origin story as the whole history of the form.","Reproduce in-copyright scores or recordings beyond what the rights holder allows."],"requiresHuman":["Publishing a new attribution or completion of an unfinished symphony as authentic."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Credit for musical works matters to composers' legacies and to performers' and publishers' livelihoods.","The canon has often left out women and composers outside Europe; 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