Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 4 movements |
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Composition Year | 1911-15 (concluded 1915-4-15) |
Genre Categories | Symphonies; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra |
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Work Title | Symphony No.2 |
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Alternative. Title | Symfoni (g-moll) |
Composer | Stenhammar, Wilhelm |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.34 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IWS 42 |
Key | G minor |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 4 movements:
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1911-15 (concluded 1915-4-15) |
First Performance. | 1915-4-22, Gothenburg, Swedish Music Festival |
First Publication. | 1916 – Stockholm: Abraham Hirsch |
Dedication | Gothenburg Orchestral Society |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 45 minutes ca. |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B♭), 2 bassoons 4 horns (F), 2 trumpets (B♭), 3 trombones, timpani, strings |
Discography | All Music Guide |
External Links | Swedish Musical Heritage Preface at Musikmph.de by Stephen Luttmann Wikipedia article (Japanese) Wikidata |
The finale, though not so marked by the composer in score, follows the introduction with a fugue on two themes (the second theme- something of a variant of the first - beginning in C♯ minor at the Tranquillamente, p.115 of the Gehrman score, theme introduced in the clarinets.)