klˈɑːɹɹə ʃˈuːmən, ɹˈɑːbɚts wˈɪdoʊ, lˈeɪɾɚ klˈeɪmd ɔnðə fˈɜːst pˈeɪdʒ ʌvðə skˈoːɹ tə ðə sˈɪmfəni—æz pˈʌblɪʃt ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi tˈuː æz pˈɑːɹt ʌv hɜː hˈʌsbəndz kəmplˈiːt wˈɜːks ɹˈɑːbɚt ʃˈuːmənz wˈɜːk, hˈɛɹəsdʒˌɛdʒɛbən vˈɑːn klˈɑːɹɹə ʃˈuːmən, pˈʌblɪʃt baɪ bɹˈeɪtkɑːpf ænd hˈɛəɾəl—ðætðə sˈɪmfəni hæd mˈɪɹli bˌɪn skˈɛtʃt ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi wˈʌn bˌʌt wʌz ˈoʊnli fˈʊli ˈɔːɹkᵻstɹˌeɪɾᵻd"vˈɑːlstəndˌɪɡ ˈɪnstɹəmˌɛntɪɹt"ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti wˈʌn.
Clara Schumann, Robert's widow, later claimed on the first page of the score to the symphony—as published in 1882 as part of her husband's complete works (Robert Schumanns Werke, Herausgegeben von Clara Schumann, published by Breitkopf & Härtel)—that the symphony had merely been sketched in 1841 but was only fully orchestrated ("vollständig instrumentiert") in 1851.