Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2, first movement (Allegro non-Troppo)

The objective of this work is to conduct a music and score analysis of Brahms Symphony No. 2, first movement (Allegro non-troppo).

Johannes Brahms composed Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 during the summer of 1877 while visiting a town in the Austrian province of Carinthia. In comparison to the 15 years it took for Brahms to complete his First Symphony, the composition of Symphony No. 2 was very brief. Brahms scores this symphony for 2 flues, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, and one tuba, timpani accompanied by strings. Brahms Symphony No. 2 is similar to Beethoven's Sixth Symphony characterized by a pastoral mood and is similar to the First Symphony of Brahms due to the somber C minor tonality.

Background

The work is not tragic nor is it particularly dramatic in...
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