Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Sehr Langsam und Noch Zurückhaltend (very slow and yet held back); (Molto Adagio) Key: D-flat major (subsidiary section first in D-flat minor, then in C-sharp minor) with a brief excursion into F-sharp major during the development Time Signature: 4/4 Form: sonata form
Category: Symphony No. 9 in D Major
Symphony No. 9 in D Major – Third Movement
Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Allegro Assai. Sehr Trotzig (Very Obstinate) Key: A minor (with C sections in D) and various modulations (D minor, F major, D minor, A major, A-flat minor, etc.) Time Signature: Alla Breve with subsidiary theme in 2/4. Form: Rondo (ABA’B’A”CC’C”A”’ Coda)
Symphony No. 9 in D Major – Second Movement
Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Im Tempo Eines Gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas Täppisch Und Sehr Derb. (In the tempo of an easy-going ländler; somewhat clumsy and very coarse). Key: C Major, with Tempo II waltz theme in E major and E-flat major and Tempo III Ländler in F major, and various modulations. Time Signature: 3/4… Continue reading Symphony No. 9 in D Major – Second Movement
Symphony No. 9 in D Major – First Movement
Listening Guide The Work Tempo: andante comodo Key: d major/minor with a third subject in b-flat major and various excursions into a variety of keys Time Signature: 4/4 Form: sonata with rondo elements
Symphony No. 9 in D Major – Introduction
Listening Guide The Work Date(s) of composition: 1909-10; published by Universal Editions, Vienna (1912)Place(s) of composition: Toblach and New YorkPremiere: Vienna, 26 June 1912, Bruno Walter conducting Orchestration: piccolo, 4 flutes, 4 oboes (4th doubling with English horn), 3 clarinets, clarinet in E-flat, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons (4th doubling with contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones,… Continue reading Symphony No. 9 in D Major – Introduction