Symphony No. 2 in A major, subtitled Im Frühling or In Spring, is the second symphony by American composer John Knowles Paine.
The symphony was composed in 1879 and published in Boston in 1880,Kenneth C. Roberts and John C. Schmidt. "John Knowles Paine". Grove Music online.Steven Ledbetter, Liner Notes to New World Records CD 80350 "John Knowles Paine, Symphony Nº. 2 in A-Major Im Frühling at a time when few American composers were able to find publishers for symphonic works. It was also premiered in Boston in 1880, and was extremely well received, prompting handkerchief-waving and shouting at the first performance.Chase, Gilbert. America's Music. 3rd rev. edn., 1992, p. 342. Historian Louis Elson compared its final movement to Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 1, which is also subtitled "Spring".
Instrumentation
2 Flutes 2 Oboes 2 A Clarinets 2 Bassoons 4 Horns 2 Trumpets 2 Trombones 1 Bass Trombone Timpani Strings
Structure
The symphony is in four movements:
Use in film and television
The second and third movements were heard and shown performed at a concert in the fourth episode of the first season of the HBO television series The Gilded Age, depicting a performance in New York City in 1882.
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