Symphony No. 2 (Dvořák)

The Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 4, B. 12 was composed by Antonín Dvořák between August and October 1865. Dvořák sent the score to be bound, but could not pay the binder, who then kept the score.

It had its world premiere, and its sole performance during the composer's lifetime in March 1888, under Adolf Čech^[1] (who also premiered the 5th and 6th symphonies). It was generally well received.^[2]

Form

The work is in four movements:

Allegro con moto
Poco adagio in G minor
Scherzo: Allegro con brio
Finale: Allegro con fuoco

A typical performance of the work has a duration of about fifty minutes.

Instrumentation

The work is scored for an orchestra of two flutes, piccolo, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, and strings.

References

↑ Challenge Records International. "Challenge Records International - Symphonies No. 2 & No. 6 (Antonin Dvorák ) - Zdenek Mácal / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra". Challenge Records International.
↑ Brown, A. Peter (2003). The second golden age of the Viennese symphony: Brahms, Bruckner, Dvořák, Mahler, and selected contemporaries. Indiana University Press. p. 318. ISBN 978-0-253-33488-6.

External links

Symphony No. 2 on a comprehensive Dvorak site
w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de
Symphony Nº. 2 Free Scores at the International Music Score Library Project.

String quartets	String Quartet No. 1 in A major String Quartet No. 2 in B♭ major String Quartet No. 3 in D major String Quartet No. 4 in E minor String Quartet No. 5 in F minor No. 6 in A minor, Op. 12, B. 40 Andante appassionato in F major B.40a No. 7 in A minor, Op. 16, B. 45 String Quartet No. 8 in E major No. 9 in D minor, Op. 34, B. 75 String Quartet No. 10 in E♭ major (Slavonic) String Quartet movement in F major String Quartet No. 11 in C major String Quartet No. 12 in F major (American) String Quartet No. 13 in G major String Quartet No. 14 in A♭ major Cypresses quartet (Dvořák)

Other	Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor (Dumky) Romantic Pieces Serenade in D minor for Wind Instruments Silent Woods Sonatina in G major String Quintet No. 2 in G major String Quintet No. 3 in E♭ major (American) String Sextet in A major Terzetto in C

Piano music

Named for Dvořák

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Symphonies by Antonín Dvořák

No. 1 in C minor (The Bells of Zlonice) No. 2 in B-flat major No. 3 in E-flat major No. 4 in D minor No. 5 in F major No. 6 in D major No. 7 in D minor No. 8 in G major No. 9 in E minor (From the New World)

List of compositions by Antonín Dvořák

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