The Dirge
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The Dirge is a somber, introspective section of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety,” reflecting the work’s themes of spiritual crisis and postwar disillusionment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Dirge canonical | 4 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | movement of a symphony ⓘ |
| associatedComposer | Leonard Bernstein ⓘ |
| associatedComposerWorkNumber | Symphony No. 2 ⓘ |
| associatedWorkTheme | The Age of Anxiety ⓘ |
| basedOn |
W. H. Auden’s poem "The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue"
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surface form:
poem "The Age of Anxiety" by W. H. Auden
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| composer | Leonard Bernstein ⓘ |
| composerNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
orchestral movement
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symphonic movement ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
orchestra
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solo piano ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" ⓘ |
| partOfLargerForm | symphony with piano solo ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| positionInWork | movement of Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
existential anxiety
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religious doubt ⓘ search for faith ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
postwar disillusionment
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spiritual crisis ⓘ |
| tonalCharacter |
introspective
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somber ⓘ |
| workTitle | The Dirge self-link ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.