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Symphony No. 2 (Brian)
Engraving of Götz von Berlichingen
- ... that at various times Havergal Brian both claimed and denied his Symphony No. 2 described German knight Götz von Berlichingen (pictured) as portrayed by Goethe's drama?
- Source: "the four movements are associated in the composer's mind with various aspects of the character of Götz. The first, his resolution; the second, his domestic piety and love of his children; the third, the smell of battle; and the fourth, his death".
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.60219/page/n145/mode/2up
"While denying that Symphony No. 2 had any detailed programme, Brian at first drew attention to the earliest of Goethe's dramas, Götz von Berlichingen (1771-73), as a primary inspiration."
"According to musicologist Malcolm MacDonald, Brian’s reasons for denying this connection and for wishing his work to be viewed as 'pure music' were based on 'his anxiety lest those works with a known inspiration in literature be vulnerable to facile misinterpretation from people who look no further in music than for a programme. Brian never wrote programme music in that sense'.
MacDonald, Malcolm (1974). The Symphonies of Havergal Brian: Symphonies 1-12. Vol. 1. London: Kahn and Averill. ISBN 9780900707285.- ALT1: ... that the third movement of Havergal Brian's Symphony No. 2 calls for 16 horns? Source: "horns: 6 in I and II, 16 in III, 8 in IV" https://www.havergalbrian.org/works/symphony-2.php
- ALT2: ... that Havergal Brian's Symphony No. 2 was inspired by a German knight (pictured) famous for the expression "lick my ass"? Source: "The Second Symphony also takes its inspiration, and arguably its context, from Goethe, this time Götz von Berlichingen." https://www.havergalbrian.org/articles/sym2_goetz1.php
- Reviewed:
Improved to Good Article status by NeoGaze (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.
NeoGaze (talk) 10:46, 26 March 2025 (UTC).
- @NeoGaze: Not reviewing but having an image of Brian diverts attention from the bolded article, which is no good per WP:DYKDIVERT. Yeshivish613 (talk) 23:57, 26 March 2025 (UTC)
- @Yeshivish613: The image is used in the article, but I can see your point, so I substituted it with an engraving of the knight (also used in the article). It probably fits better with the first and third hooks. For the second hook no picture would be really necessary. NeoGaze (talk) 08:01, 27 March 2025 (UTC)