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Symphony No. 2 (Bernstein)

Symphony No. 2
The Age of Anxiety
by Leonard Bernstein
Title page of the score
Based onW. H. Auden's "The Age of Anxiety
Composed1948 (1948)–1949, revised 1965
DedicationSerge Koussevitzky
PerformedApril 8, 1949 (1949-04-08)
Movementstwo parts
Scoring
  • piano
  • orchestra

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.


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