Leonore Overture No. 2

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Leonore Overture No. 2 canonical 7
Leonore, Op. 72a, No. 2 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concert overture ⓘ
orchestral work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Leonore, Op. 72a, No. 2 ⓘ
approximateCompositionPeriod circa 1804–1805 ⓘ
associatedOperaTitle Fidelio ⓘ
linked to: Fidelio, Op. 72

Leonore, oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe ⓘ
basedOn Fidelio ⓘ
linked to: Fidelio, Op. 72

Leonore ⓘ
linked to: Leonore overtures
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 Overture ⓘ
linked to: Fidelio, Op. 72

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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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, Op. 72a, No. 2 ⓘ
linked to: Leonore Overture No. 2
Leonore Overture No. 3 → relatedWork → Leonore Overture No. 2 ⓘ
Hess 90 → relatedWork → Leonore Overture No. 2 ⓘ
Hess 90 → laterReplacedBy → Leonore Overture No. 2 ⓘ
Leonore overtures → hasPart → Leonore Overture No. 2 ⓘ