Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

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Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 is a warmly lyrical and pastoral orchestral work by Johannes Brahms, often regarded as one of his most accessible and beloved symphonies.

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Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
approximateDuration 40 minutes ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 73 ⓘ
character lyrical ⓘ
pastoral ⓘ
composer Johannes Brahms ⓘ
compositionStartDate 1877 ⓘ
countryOfComposition Austria-Hungary ⓘ
followedBy Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 ⓘ
follows Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 ⓘ
genre Romantic symphony ⓘ
key D major ⓘ
language none ⓘ
movement I. Allegro non troppo ⓘ
II. Adagio non troppo ⓘ
III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) ⓘ
IV. Allegro con spirito ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
notableFeature extensive use of horn and woodwind color ⓘ
notableTheme opening cello and bass motif in first movement ⓘ
numberInSeries 2 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 73 ⓘ
orchestration 2 bassoons ⓘ
2 clarinets ⓘ
2 flutes ⓘ
2 oboes ⓘ
2 trumpets ⓘ
3 trombones ⓘ
4 horns ⓘ
strings ⓘ
timpani ⓘ
tuba ⓘ
placeOfComposition Pörtschach am Wörthersee ⓘ
premiereConductor Hans Richter ⓘ
premiereCountry Austria-Hungary ⓘ
premiereDate 1877-12-30 ⓘ
premiereOrchestra Vienna Philharmonic ⓘ
premierePlace Vienna ⓘ
publisher N. Simrock ⓘ
relatedWork Brahms's Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 ⓘ
Brahms's Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 ⓘ
Brahms's Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 ⓘ
reputation one of Brahms's most accessible symphonies ⓘ
one of Brahms's most frequently performed symphonies ⓘ
stylePeriod Romantic ⓘ
tonalityOfFirstMovement D major ⓘ
tonalityOfFourthMovement D major ⓘ
tonalityOfSecondMovement B major ⓘ
tonalityOfThirdMovement G major ⓘ
workSeries Symphonies by Johannes Brahms ⓘ

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Johannes Brahms → notableWork → Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 ⓘ
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 → followsWork → Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 ⓘ
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 → precededByWork → Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 ⓘ
Symphonies by Johannes Brahms → includesWork → Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 ⓘ
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 → follows → Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 ⓘ