Author: smoley

Listening Guide   The Work Tempo: Allegro ordinario ; Maestoso; Sempre l’istesso tempo; Gemessen! Nicht Schnell! (Measured! Not fast!); Grazioso; Immer noch Tempo II (still in Tempo II), etc.Key: C major (opening briefly in E minor); second subject in A-flat major with occasional ventures into A, G-flat, B-flat and B major and a brief incursion… Continue reading Symphony No. 7 In B Minor/E Minor – Fifth Movement

Listening Guide   The Work Tempo: Andante Amoroso; Mit Aufschwung (With verve); Graziosissimo; Sehr Fliessend (very fleeting),etc.Key: F Major (with a middle section in A-flat major and B-flat Major with modulations)Time Signature: 2/4Form: ABACA-DE-ABACA

Listening Guide   The Work Tempo: Schattenhaft. Fliessend, aber nicht schnell, an der Anfangstahten noch etwas zogernd. (Shadowy. Fleeting, but not too fast, the beginning still somewhat hesitant.); etwas flotter (somewhat brisker); klagend (lamenting); PesanteKey: D minor with Trio in D major.Time Signature: 3/4Form: Scherzo and Trio (with Introduction, Coda and sonata-like development sections)

Listening Guide   The Work Tempo:Allegro Moderato; Tempo subito, molto moderato (Andante); Sempre l’istesso tempo; Gehalten; Poco meno mossoKey: C minor/major (first Trio in A-flat major; second Trio in F minor)Time Signature: 4/4Form: ABACABA (with Introduction and Coda)

Listening Guide   The Work Tempo:Langsam (Adagio); Allegro risoluto, ma non troppoKey: Beginning in B minor and modulating progressively to E minor and concluding in E major.Time Signature: 4/4Form: Sonata form

Listening Guide   The Work Occasionally, the subtitle The Song of the Night has been appended to the Seventh Symphony, presumably relating to the two movements (the second and fourth) that Mahler entitled Nachtmusik. However, Mahler did not append a subtitle to the symphony. Regarding the symphony’s principal key, some have referred to it as… Continue reading Symphony No. 7 In B Minor/E Minor – Introduction

Listening Guide   The Work Tempo: Allegro Moderato (Sostenuto); allegro energico Principal key: A minor with various subsidiary keys (C minor, D major and minor, F-sharp and B-flat major, A major, F minor, E-flat major and G major and minor) Time Signature: alla breve opening leads to the principal 4/4 meter Form: Extended sonata form with… Continue reading Symphony No. 6 In A Minor – Fourth Movement

Listening Guide   The Work Tempo: Andante Moderato Key: E-flat major (second theme in G minor, then in E minor and A minor) with the Development in E minor and 2 episodes, the first in E minor then E major, the second in C major.Time Signature: 4/4 Form: Rondo form. (ABA’B’A’Coda)