Brahms symphony 1 movement 2

1. Why did it take Brahms so long to complete his first symphony?
2. Did Brahms compose two program symphonies?
3. How many movements does Brahms Symphony 1 have?
4. How many movements are there in Brahms Symphony 2?

Why did it take Brahms so long to complete his first symphony?

Its composition took at least fourteen years, though some scholars believe Brahms, at the urging of Robert Schumann, began his work as early as 1855. Why did it take so long? Mostly because of the esteem with which Brahms (and so many other composers of the period) held the symphonies of Beethoven.

Did Brahms compose two program symphonies?

Brahms composed his Second Symphony in the summer of 1877; Hans Richter conducted the first performance in Vienna on December 30, 1877.

How many movements does Brahms Symphony 1 have?

68, is a symphony written by Johannes Brahms. Brahms spent at least fourteen years completing this work, whose sketches date from 1854.
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Symphony No. 1 (Brahms)

How many movements are there in Brahms Symphony 2?

73, was composed by Johannes Brahms in the summer of 1877, during a visit to Pörtschach am Wörthersee, a town in the Austrian province of Carinthia.
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Symphony No. 2 (Brahms)