Leonore Overture No. 2

E283434

concert overture orchestral work

Leonore Overture No. 2 is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s early concert overtures for his opera Fidelio, notable for its dramatic symphonic treatment of the opera’s themes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Leonore Overture No. 2 canonical	4
Leonore, Op. 72a, No. 2	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	concert overture ⓘ orchestral work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Leonore Overture No. 2 ⓘ surface form: Leonore, Op. 72a, No. 2
approximateCompositionPeriod	circa 1804–1805 ⓘ
associatedOperaTitle	Fidelio, Op. 72 ⓘ surface form: Fidelio Leonore, oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe ⓘ
basedOn	Fidelio, Op. 72 ⓘ surface form: Fidelio Leonore overtures ⓘ surface form: Leonore
catalogueNumber	WoO ? (associated with Op. 72) ⓘ
cityOfFirstPerformance	Vienna ⓘ
composer	Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
composerNationality	German ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Austria ⓘ
era	early Beethoven middle period ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate	1805-11-20 ⓘ
followedByInSeries	Leonore Overture No. 3 ⓘ
followsInSeries	early sketches for Leonore overture ⓘ
genre	Classical music ⓘ
historicalContext	Napoleonic era Vienna ⓘ
instrumentation	brass ⓘ strings ⓘ timpani ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ
intendedFunction	overture to the first version of Beethoven’s opera Leonore/Fidelio ⓘ
key	C major ⓘ
languageOfAssociatedOpera	German ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic symphonic treatment of themes from Fidelio ⓘ
numberOfLeonoreOverturesByBeethoven	3 ⓘ
opusNumber	Op. 72a ⓘ
period	Classical period ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance	Theater an der Wien ⓘ
positionAmongLeonoreOvertures	earliest surviving version ⓘ
premiereAssociatedWith	first production of Leonore (1805 version of Fidelio) ⓘ
relatedWork	Fidelio, Op. 72 ⓘ surface form: Fidelio Overture Leonore Overture No. 1 ⓘ Leonore Overture No. 3 ⓘ
scoring	orchestra ⓘ
structure	single-movement overture ⓘ
structureFeature	coda ⓘ dramatic development section ⓘ slow introduction ⓘ sonata-form main section ⓘ
style	symphonic ⓘ
thematicMaterialSource	rescue and liberation scenes from Fidelio ⓘ themes associated with Florestan ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext	symphonic concert ⓘ
workNumberInBeethovenCatalogue	linked to early version of Op. 72 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Fidelio, Op. 72 → alternativeOverture → Leonore Overture No. 2 ⓘ

Leonore Overture No. 1 → followedBy → Leonore Overture No. 2 ⓘ

Leonore Overture No. 1 → relatedWork → Leonore Overture No. 2 ⓘ

Leonore Overture No. 2 → alsoKnownAs → Leonore Overture No. 2 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leonore, Op. 72a, No. 2

Leonore Overture No. 3 → relatedWork → Leonore Overture No. 2 ⓘ