Nikolai Myaskovsky wrote his Symphony No. 8 in A Major, his Opus 26, between 1924 and 1925.
The symphony is his second in the major - the first is his fifth symphony - and the premiere was conducted by Konstantin Saradzhev, who had premiered the composer's fourth and seventh symphonies. It is dedicated to Sergei S. Popov.
It is in four movements: