The Masque

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The Masque is a lively, jazz-influenced movement within Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety,” reflecting the work’s exploration of modern existential themes.

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The Masque canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral piece
symphonic movement
associatedMovement American classical music
postwar modernism
associatedPeriod mid-20th century
composer Leonard Bernstein
featuresInstrument brass
orchestra
percussion
piano
woodwinds
hasCharacter dance-like
playful
virtuosic
hasDramaticFunction contrasts with more introspective movements
expresses nervous energy of postwar era
hasForm episodic
rondo-like
hasGenre 20th-century classical music
symphonic jazz
hasKey G minor
hasMusicalStyle lively
rhythmic
hasNotableRecording Andre Previn conducting London Symphony Orchestra
Krzysztof Urbański conducting Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein conducting New York Philharmonic
Lukas Foss as piano soloist
hasSectionRole central fast movement
hasTempoMarking Vivace
hasWorkLanguage instrumental
influencedBy jazz
isFollowedBy The Dirge
isPrecededBy The Prologue
movementNumber 2
partOf Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"
partOfLargerTheme exploration of modern existential anxiety
premiereCity Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
premiereConductor Leonard Bernstein
premiereCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
premieredWithWork Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"
premiereYear 1949
relatedWork W. H. Auden’s poem "The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue"
surface form: W. H. Auden's poem "The Age of Anxiety"
usesElement jazz harmonies
orchestral interjections
ostinato figures
piano cadenzas
syncopated rhythms

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