Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38, by Arnold Schoenberg was begun in 1906 and completed in 1939. The work is scored for 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets and strings and is divided into two movements, the first (in E flat minor) marked Adagio and the second (in G major) marked Con Fuoco-Lento. The belated completion of the work was prompted by a request from the conductor Fritz Stiedry who asked Schoenberg for an orchestral piece for his New Friends of Music Orchestra in New York. The work was first performed there on December 14, 1940 under Stiedry's direction.
| Date of composition | 1939 (1906 (begun, sketched), taken up again and completed August–October 1939) |
| Premiered | 1940, December 14th (Carnegie Hall) in New York, NY, United States |
| First published | 1952 by Schirmer |
| Type | Symphony |
| Tonality | E-flat Minor |
| Catalogue | Op. 38 |
| Approx. duration | 21 minutes |
| Instruments | Chamber orchestra |
| Autotranslations beta |
Arnold Schönberg: Kammersymphonie n°2 en mi bémol mineur, Op. 38 Arnold Schönberg: Kammersymphonie n. 2 in mi bemolle minore, Op. 38 Arnold Schönberg: Kammersymphonie Nr. 2 es-moll, Op. 38 |