Inside Mahler's second symphony : a listener's guide / Lawrence F. Bernstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernstein, Lawrence F., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Composers--Austria--Biography.

Composers.

Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911.

Mahler, Gustav.

Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Symphonies--no. 2--C minor.

Symphonies (Mahler, Gustav).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

This guide introduces concertgoers, serious listeners, and music students to Gustav Mahler's 'Second Symphony', one of the composer's most popular and most powerful works. It examines the symphony from several perspectives: Mahler's struggle to create what he called the New Symphony; his innovative approaches to traditional musical form; how he addressed the daunting challenges of writing music on a monumental scale; and how he dealt with the ineluctable force of Beethoven's symphonic precedent.

Contents:

Preface

Part I. Preliminaries. Setting the stage for the Second symphony

Part II. The five movements. The first movement: its opening and a two-part exposition ; The first movement: development and recapitulation ; The second movement ; A song serves as a study for the third movement ; The third movement: Scherzo and trio ; The fourth movement: "Urlicht" ; How to complete the symphony ; The last movement, part 1: references to judgment and the airing of themes ; The last movement, part 2: judgment in action, musical development, and some continuing enigmas ; The last movement, part 3: collapse, climactic resolution, a stunning reversal, and celebration

Appendices. The formal template for the first movement ; Second-movement forms ; The origins, character, and form of the Scherzo ; Complete performances of each movement.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-757566-8

0-19-757567-6

0-19-757565-X