Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Stürmisch bewegt. Mit grösster Vehemenz. (Stormily agitated, with the greatest vehemence). Key: A minor, F minor in the second theme, with various major and minor key modulations; E minor for the second theme in the recapitulation and D major for the Grand Chorale. Time Signature: 2/2 Form: ABABA with… Continue reading Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – 2nd Movement
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Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – First Movement
Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Trauermarsch. In gemessenem Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt. (Funeral March. In measured tread, austere, like a funeral cortège.) Key: C-sharp minor (modulating to A-flat, then to B-flat minor for the first trio, D-flat major and then A minor for the second trio, etc.) Time Signature: 2/2 Rhythm: funeral march. Form:… Continue reading Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – First Movement
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – Introduction
Listening Guide The Work Date(s) of Composition: 1901-02; published by C. F. Peters (1904), revised edition, 1919.Place of Composition: Maiernigg and ViennaPremiere: Cologne, 18 October 1904. Orchestration: 4 flutes (3rd and 4th double with piccolo); 3 oboes (3rd doubles with English horn); 3 clarinets (3rd doubled with bass clarinet); 3 bassoons (3rd doubles with… Continue reading Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – Introduction