The Seven Stages

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The Seven Stages is a multi-movement section of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety,” inspired by W. H. Auden’s poem and exploring themes of spiritual and psychological struggle.

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The Seven Stages canonical 2

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instanceOf orchestral composition section
symphonic movement
associatedWith American classical music
post-war symphonic repertoire
basedOn W. H. Auden’s poem "The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue"
composer Leonard Bernstein
explores inner life of the characters from Auden’s poem
featuresInstrument orchestra
piano
follows The Prologue
genre 20th-century classical music
hasPart Stage I
Stage II
Stage III
Stage IV
Stage V
Stage VI
Stage VII
inspiredBy W. H. Auden
The Age of Anxiety
surface form: poem "The Age of Anxiety"
language instrumental
movementCount seven
partOf Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"
positionInWork Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"
surface form: Part II of Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"
theme existential anxiety
modern alienation
psychological struggle
search for identity
spiritual struggle
tonalLanguage tonal with modernist elements

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The Age of Anxiety part The Seven Stages