Symphony No. 2 (Bruckner)

Symphony No. 2
by Anton Bruckner
A portrait of Anton Bruckner, c. 1860
KeyC minor
CatalogueWAB 102
Composed1872
Published
1892
  • 1892 (1892) (ed. Wöss)
  • 1938 (1938) (ed. Robert Haas)
  • 1965 (1965) (ed. Leopold Nowak)
  • 2005 (2005) (ed. William Carragan) (first version, 1872)
  • 2007 (2007) (ed. William Carragan) (second version, 1877)
Recorded1953 (1953)
Movements4
Premiere
Date26 October 1873 (1873-10-26)
(1873 version)
LocationVienna
ConductorBruckner
PerformersVienna Philharmonic

Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, sometimes known as the "Symphony of Pauses", was completed in 1872. It was actually the fourth symphony composed by Bruckner, after the Symphony in F minor (1863), the Symphony No. 1 in C minor (1866), and the Symphony in D minor (1869).

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