Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the Pastoral Symphony, was composed in 1808 and is only one of a few of his works containing explicitly programmatic content which is a type of instrumental art music that attempts to musically render an extramusical narrative.br br Ludwig van Beethoven once said that the sixth symphony is "more the expression of feeling than painting"br br © 2022 One Media iP Ltd. All rights reserved.