Johannes Brahms wrote hisSecond Symphonyin 1877. The work was given its first performance in Vienna on 30 December of that year under the direction of Hans Richter. The first edition (score and parts) was published by N. Simrock (Berlin) in 1878.
The present edition is based on the complete editionJohannes Brahms Collected Worksof the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, which was published by Breitkopf & Hrtel. The Urtext edition presented here is based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna published by Breitkopf & Hrtel.