Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61

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orchestral work symphony

Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 is a large-scale Romantic symphony by Robert Schumann, admired for its contrapuntal writing, emotional depth, and triumphant finale.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 canonical	3
Sinfonie Nr. 2 C-Dur, Op. 61	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	orchestral work ⓘ symphony ⓘ
approximateDurationMinutes	35 ⓘ
catalogNumber	Op. 61 ⓘ
composer	Robert Schumann ⓘ
compositionEndYear	1846 ⓘ
compositionPeriod	1845–1846 ⓘ
compositionStartYear	1845 ⓘ
cyclicElements	recurring thematic material across movements ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Oscar I of Norway and Sweden ⓘ surface form: Oscar I of Sweden and Norway
firstMovementTempoMarking	Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo ⓘ
firstMovementTitle	Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo ⓘ
fourthMovementTempoMarking	Allegro molto vivace ⓘ
fourthMovementTitle	Allegro molto vivace ⓘ
genre	Romantic symphony ⓘ
hasContrapuntalWriting	true ⓘ
hasFinaleCharacter	triumphant ⓘ
hasScherzo	true ⓘ
influences	Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
key	C major ⓘ
languageOfTitle	German ⓘ
movementCount	4 ⓘ
notableFeature	contrapuntal writing ⓘ emotional depth ⓘ triumphant finale ⓘ
numberInSeries	2 ⓘ
orchestration	brass ⓘ strings ⓘ timpani ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ
originalTitle	Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sinfonie Nr. 2 C-Dur, Op. 61
period	Romantic era ⓘ
placeInComposerOutput	second published symphony by Robert Schumann ⓘ
premiereCity	Leipzig ⓘ
premiereConductor	Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
premiereCountry	Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
premiereDate	1846-11-05 ⓘ
scherzoPosition	second movement ⓘ
secondMovementTempoMarking	Allegro vivace ⓘ
secondMovementTitle	Scherzo: Allegro vivace ⓘ
thirdMovementTempoMarking	Adagio espressivo ⓘ
thirdMovementTitle	Adagio espressivo ⓘ
tonalCenterFinale	C major ⓘ
tonalCenterFirstMovement	C major ⓘ
tonalCenterThirdMovement	C minor ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext	symphony concert ⓘ
workType	concert repertoire ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Robert Schumann → notableWork → Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 ⓘ

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 → precededBy → Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 ⓘ

Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 → originalTitle → Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinfonie Nr. 2 C-Dur, Op. 61

Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 → relatedWorkByComposer → Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 ⓘ