Symphony No. 2 (Weingartner)

Symphony No.2
by Felix Weingartner
Felix Weingartner around 1890
Key	E-flat major
Opus	29
Period	Romantic
Composed	1897-99
Dedication	Franz Wüllner
Published	1901
Publisher	Breitkopf und Härtel
Duration	47 min
Movements	4

Felix Weingartner's Symphony No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 29 is a musical composition that Weingartner started in 1897 and completed in 1899.^[1] The overall musical language of the piece is late-romantic although with a high emphasis on Schubertian melodicism. Furthermore, as with other contemporary Austrian composers of the end of the 20th century such as Gustav Mahler or Hans Rott,^[2] his second symphony heavily uses a Brucknerian treatment of simple motifs through extensive repetition and grand orchestration.^[3]