Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"

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orchestral work piano and orchestra work symphony

Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" is Leonard Bernstein’s symphonic work for piano and orchestra inspired by W. H. Auden’s poem of the same name, exploring themes of postwar spiritual crisis and modern alienation.

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Bernstein Symphony No. 2 1
second symphony by Leonard Bernstein 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work ⓘ
piano and orchestra work ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Age of Anxiety ⓘ
basedOn The Age of Anxiety ⓘ
surface form: "The Age of Anxiety" by W. H. Auden
catalogCode Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bernstein Symphony No. 2
composer Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
countryOfPremiere United States of America ⓘ
dateComposed 1948 ⓘ
dateRevised 1965 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Natalie Koussevitzky ⓘ
Serge Koussevitzky ⓘ
describes inner psychological journey of characters ⓘ
duration approximately 35 minutes ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1949 ⓘ
genre 20th-century classical music ⓘ
programmatic symphony ⓘ
hasPart Part I ⓘ
Part II ⓘ
The Dirge ⓘ
The Epilogue ⓘ
The Masque ⓘ
The Prologue ⓘ
The Seven Ages ⓘ
The Seven Stages ⓘ
influencedBy World War II aftermath ⓘ
inspiredBy The Age of Anxiety ⓘ
surface form: poem "The Age of Anxiety"
key B-flat major ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
numberOfMovements 2 ⓘ
opusNumber none ⓘ
placeOfPremiere Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
premiereConductor Serge Koussevitzky ⓘ
premiereOrchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
premiereSoloist Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
publisher Boosey & Hawkes ⓘ
scoredFor orchestra ⓘ
piano ⓘ
style jazz-influenced passages ⓘ
neoclassical elements ⓘ
serial techniques in sections ⓘ
theme existential anxiety ⓘ
modern alienation ⓘ
postwar spiritual crisis ⓘ
search for faith ⓘ
title Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" self-link ⓘ
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surface form: second symphony by Leonard Bernstein
workType symphony for piano and orchestra ⓘ

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Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" → catalogCode → Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bernstein Symphony No. 2
Leonard Bernstein → notableWork → Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" ⓘ
Louis Bernstein → notableWork → Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" ⓘ
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" → title → Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" self-link ⓘ
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this entity surface form: second symphony by Leonard Bernstein