Category Archives: (1901-1902) Symphony No. 5 in C#
The Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler was composed in 1901 and 1902, mostly during the summer months at Mahler's ...
By Lew Smoley ...
The both first movements are in the tragic and gloomy keys of c-sharp minor resp. a minor; The only programmatic ...
Moving stormily, with the greatest vehemence.a minor. The second movement starts tumultuously and pushing forward in the key of a ...
D major.Horn solo. As second part of the symphony follows the above mentioned third movement, the Scherzo. Totally unexpected, the ...
F major.Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951) wrote notes on "Spitzentechnik" on the front cover of the score of symphony no. 5, a ...
D major. Finally, the fifth movement is amazing; a long and continued tone of the F horn gives the signal ...