Mahler Arrangement #1 String Duet - Digital Sheet Music
Gustav Mahler worked first and foremost as a conductor in Kassel, Germany at the age of 23. Whilst completing his song-cycle Lieder, he commenced working on his first symphony. This took him four years, while he moved on from Kassel to Prague and Leipzig. At first he called his first symphony a 'symphonic poem', with five movements. It was premiered in Budapest on 20 November 1889, but was not very well received (i.e. lengthy and novel sound of the music). He revised it and reduced it to the traditional four-movement symphony.The third movement was inspired by Mahler's love of German folklore and evokes the funeral of a dead huntsman being accompanied to his grave by a procession of forest animals. It commences - in the arrangement - with the parodied version of the well-known old song or round called Frère Jacques, or in German Bruder Martin.Mahler next introduces another musical parody, this time suggesting the old Hebrew or Yiddish songs and dances he must have learnt as a child. The music finally dying right away as the bizarre cortège passes out of sight.It is hoped that this arrangement for Violin and Violincello supports the summary above and provides a broader approach and understanding. Enjoy!
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Summary
- Format:
- Score and Parts
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Early Intermediate
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 2
Detailed Description
SKU: A0.1889581
Composed by John Frederick Lenz; Peter William Coulman. Arranged by Peet du Toit. This edition: pdf. Romantic Period. 2 pages. Peet du Toit #1448195. Published by Peet du Toit (A0.1889581).Gustav Mahler worked first and foremost as a conductor in Kassel, Germany at the age of 23. Whilst completing his song-cycle Lieder, he commenced working on his first symphony. This took him four years, while he moved on from Kassel to Prague and Leipzig.
At first he called his first symphony a 'symphonic poem', with five movements. It was premiered in Budapest on 20 November 1889, but was not very well received (i.e. lengthy and novel sound of the music). He revised it and reduced it to the traditional four-movement symphony.
The third movement was inspired by Mahler's love of German folklore and evokes the funeral of a dead huntsman being accompanied to his grave by a procession of forest animals. It commences - in the arrangement - with the parodied version of the well-known old song or round called Frère Jacques, or in German Bruder Martin.
Mahler next introduces another musical parody, this time suggesting the old Hebrew or Yiddish songs and dances he must have learnt as a child. The music finally dying right away as the bizarre cortège passes out of sight.
It is hoped that this arrangement for Violin and Violincello supports the summary above and provides a broader approach and understanding. Enjoy!
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