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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 4 movements |
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Composition Year | 1913-14, rev.1918, 1934 |
Genre Categories | Symphonies; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; |
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Work Title | A London Symphony |
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Alternative. Title | Symphony No.2 |
Name Translations | Symphonie nº 2 de Vaughan Williams; ロンドン交響曲 (ヴォーン・ウィリアムズ); 교향곡 2번; Londona Simfonio; سمفونية لندن; |
Name Aliases | Symphony No. 2 (Vaughan Williams); A London Symphony (Vaughan Williams); A London Symphony (Williams); Williams' Symphony No. 2; Simfonia núm. 2 (Vaughan Williams); |
Authorities | WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 181040603; LCCN: n82040733; GND: 300164777; |
Composer | Vaughan Williams, Ralph |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IRV 41 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 4 movements:
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1913-14, rev.1918, 1934 |
First Publication. | 1920 - London: Stainer & Bell |
Dedication | George Butterworth |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 45 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
Piece Style | Early 20th century |
Instrumentation | Orchestra |
InstrDetail | 3 flutes (2nd and 3rd also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon + 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 cornets, 3 trombones, tuba + timpani, snare drum, triangle, bass drum, cymbals, glockenspiel + 2 harps + strings |
External Links | Wikipedia article |
Extra Information | The revisions of 1934 were minor. Stainer & Bell issued this final score as "revised 1920", and it is the score reprinted by Dover. |
Symphonies by Ralph Vaughan Williams | |
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