Symphony No. 2 | |
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The Age of Anxiety | |
by Leonard Bernstein | |
Based on | W. H. Auden's "The Age of Anxiety |
Composed | 1948 | –1949, revised 1965
Dedication | Serge Koussevitzky |
Performed | April 8, 1949 |
Movements | two parts |
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Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety is a piece for orchestra and solo piano. The piece was composed from 1948 to 1949 in the United States and Israel, and was revised in 1965. It is titled after W. H. Auden's eponymous poem, and dedicated to Serge Koussevitzky.