Composed 16-02-1908 New York: Mahler witnesses the funeral of a fireman from his 11th-floor apartment in New York. A single ...
Symphony No. 10 was written in the summer of 1910, and was his final composition. At the time of Mahler's ...
Movement 1: Adagio
275 bars drafted in orchestral and short score. The very opening of the symphony (which is in the key of ...
Movement 2: Scherzo. Schnelle Viertel
522 bars drafted in orchestral and short score. The second movement, the first of two brilliant Scherzo movements, consists of ...
Movement 3: Purgatorio. Allegretto moderato
170 bars drafted in short score, the first 30 bars of which were also drafted in orchestral score. The Purgatorio ...
Movement 4: Scherzo. Allegro pesante. Nicht zu schnell
About 579 bars drafted in short score. The scene is now set for the peculiarities of the second scherzo, which ...
Movement 5: Finale. Langsam, schwer
400 bars drafted in short score. The emotional weight of the symphony is resolved by the long final movement, which ...
Woodwind 1 Bass clarinet Bb. (Cooke) 4 Bassoon.  3 Clarinet A.  3 Clarinet Bb.  1 Clarinet Eb. 2 Contra bassoon.  ...