Universal Edition - Gustav Mahler – 2. Symphonie | in 5 movements | C minor | for soli, mixed choir and orchestra

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Gustav Mahler
2. Symphonie | in 5 movements | C minor | for soli, mixed choir and orchestra

Work Details
Key: C minor
Year of composition: 1888-1894
Additional Name: "Auferstehungssymphonie"
Subtitle: in 5 movements
Scored for: for soli, mixed choir and orchestra
Composer: Gustav Mahler
Edited by: Erwin Ratz
Text Source: "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" und Dichtungen von Friedrich Klopstock
Original Language: Deutsch
Choir: SATB
Soloinstruments/Soloists: soprano; alto
Instrumentation: 4 4 5 4 - 10 8 4 1 - timp(2), perc(5), hp(2), org, str
Instrumentation details: 1st flute (+picc); 2nd flute (+picc); 3rd flute (+picc); 4th flute (+picc); 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; 3rd oboe (+c.a); 4th oboe (+c.a); 1st clarinet in Eb; 2nd clarinet in Eb; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; 3rd clarinet in Bb (+bass cl); 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 3rd bassoon (+cbsn); 4th bassoon (+cbsn); 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 5th horn in F; 6th horn in F; 4 horns off-stage (also play 7th-10th in the orchestra ); 1st trumpet in F; 2nd trumpet in F; 3rd trumpet in F; 4th trumpet in F; 5th trumpet in F; 6th trumpet in F; 4 trumpets off-stage (2 of them may be played by 5th and 6th trumpet from the orchestra); 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; 4th trombone; contrabass tuba; timpani (2 respectively 3 players); percussion (5): glockenspiel, 2 triangles, cymbal, tam-tam (high), tam-tam (low), 3 bells (bars of steel, low and indefinite sound), rod, snare drum (tbnsibly multiply sized), bass drum, in the distance - 1 timpano, triangle, cymbal, bass drum; 1st harp; 2nd harp; organ; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Duration (min): 80
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World Première
Location: Berlin / Germany
Date: 13.12.1895

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