The Danish composer’s second symphony devotes each movement to one of the four bodily humors. Despite its unusual background, the symphony is formally quite conventional. The premiere was given in Copenhagen in December 1902, with the composer conducting.
The movements are marked as:
1. Allegro col...
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
Symphony No. 2 “The Four Temperaments” was written by Carl Nielsen.
Carl Nielsen released Symphony No. 2 “The Four Temperaments” on Mon Dec 01 1902.
Shortly before his death, Nielsen wrote this program note for a performance of the work in Stockholm:
I had the idea for ‘The Four Temperaments’ many years ago at a country inn in Zealand. On the wall of the room where I was drinking a glass of beer with my wife and some friends hung an extremely c...
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