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The Symphony in C major by German composer Robert Schumann was published in 1847 as his Symphony No. 2, Op. 61, although it was the third symphony he had completed, counting the B-flat major symphony published as No. 1 in 1841, and the original version of his D minor symphony of 1841 (later revised and published as No. 4).
The Symphony No. 2 in C minor by Gustav Mahler, known as the Resurrection Symphony, was written between 1888 and 1894, and first performed in 1895. This symphony was one of Mahler's most popular and successful works during his lifetime. It was his first major work to establish his lifelong view of the beauty of afterlife and resurrection.
The Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was composed in 1872. One of Tchaikovsky's joyful compositions, it was successful right from its premiere and also won the favor of the group of nationalistic Russian composers known as "The Five", led by Mily Balakirev.
The second symphony is the most structurally conventional of all Scriabin's symphonies. [1] However, it features extensive thematic transformation establishing a cyclic link between its movements. The sombre initial theme of the first movement is developed to a triumphant hymn functioning as the main subject of the finale.
Symphony No. 2 (Bax) in E minor and C major by Arnold Bax, 1924–26; Symphony No. 2 (Beethoven) in D major (Op. 36) by Ludwig van Beethoven, 1801–02; Symphony No. 2 (Berkeley) by Lennox Berkeley, 1958; Symphony No. 2 (Bernstein) (The Age of Anxiety) by Leonard Bernstein, 1948–49, revised 1965
The Symphony No. 2 in E minor and C major by Arnold Bax was completed in 1926, after he had worked on it for two years. It was dedicated to Serge Koussevitzky , who conducted the first two performances of the work on 13 and 14 December 1929.
Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, sometimes known as the "Symphony of Pauses", [1] 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).
The symphony, little-known and rarely performed, remains among the least-played of Prokofiev's works. [ citation needed ] Despite the negative criticism, the contemporary composer Christopher Rouse called it "the best of all of them" in regards to Prokofiev's work, and composed his own Symphony No. 3 in homage to the piece.