It is one of the three Raff symphonies that does not carry a descriptive title.
It is dedicated to Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
It was premiered in Weimar in 1867 and was published two years later in Mainz.
A few years later the symphony received its second performance in the Leipzig Gewandhaus under Raff's baton.
The symphony is scored for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B-flat, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets in F, trombone, bass trombone, timpani and strings.