Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"

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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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Generate an image of Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" (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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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work ⓘ
piano and orchestra work ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Age of Anxiety ⓘ
basedOn "The Age of Anxiety" by W. H. Auden ⓘ
linked to: The Age of Anxiety
catalogCode 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 poem "The Age of Anxiety" ⓘ
linked to: The Age of Anxiety
key B-flat major ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
numberOfMovements 2 ⓘ
opusNumber none ⓘ
placeOfPremiere 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" ⓘ
workNumberInComposerOutput second symphony by Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
workType symphony for piano and orchestra ⓘ

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