Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Allegro. Allegro giocoso.Principal Key: D major.Time Signature: 2/2 Form: Although Mahler used the term Arondo in the title of this movement, its structure is hardly that of a traditional rondo. Some commentators consider the movement to be in sonata-form, but there are several reasons to doubt the efficacy of… Continue reading Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – 5th Movement
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Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – 4th Movement
Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Sehr langsam (Very slowly) Key: F (with modulations in the B section to C minor, G-flat major, E major, D major, etc.). Time Signature: 4/4 Form: ABA
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – 3rd Movement
Listening Guide The Work Third Movement: Scherzo In what strange simplification and falsification man lives! One can never cease wondering once one has acquired eyes for this marvel! How we have made everything around us clear and free and easy and simple! How we have been able to give our senses a passport to… Continue reading Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – 3rd Movement
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – 2nd Movement
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
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