| Key: |
Eb major |
| Year of composition: |
1906 |
| Additional Name: |
"Symphony of a Thousand" |
| Subtitle: |
in 2 movements |
| Scored for: |
for soli, boys' choir, 2 mixed choirs and orchestra |
| Composer: |
Gustav Mahler |
| Edited by: |
Karl Heinz Füssl |
| Text Source: |
Part 1: Veni, creator spiritus. Part 2: final scene from "Faust" |
| Text Author: |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Maurus Hrabanus |
| Parts: |
1st soprano (Magna Peccatrix),
2nd soprano (Una poenitentium),
soprano (Mater gloriosa),
1st alto (Mulier Samaritana),
2nd alto (Maria Aegyptiaca),
tenor (Doctor Marianus),
baritone (Pater ecstaticus),
bass (Pater profundus) |
| Choir: |
SATB (2x)
Knabenchor (SA)
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| Soloinstruments/Soloists: |
soprano; alto; tenor; baritone; bass |
| Instrumentation: |
6 5 6 5 - 8 4 4 1 - timp(2), perc(3), hp(4), cel, pno, harm, org, mand(2), str - fernorchester: tpt(4), tbn(3) |
| Instrumentation details: |
piccolo (1st picc also 5th flute); 1st flute; 2nd flute; 3rd flute; 4th flute; 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; 3rd oboe; 4th oboe; cor anglais; clarinet in Eb; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; 3rd clarinet in Bb; bass clarinet in Bb; 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 3rd bassoon; 4th bassoon; contrabassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 5th horn in F; 6th horn in F; 7th horn in F; 8th horn in F; 1st trumpet; 2nd trumpet; 3rd trumpet; 4th trumpet; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; 4th trombone; bass tuba; timpani (2); percussion: (3): glockenspiel, triangle, cymbals, tam-tam, bells, bass drum; 2 harps; celesta; piano; harmonium; organ; mandolin; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass; fernorchestra: 1st trumpet in F; 2nd trumpet in F; 3rd trumpet in F; 4th trumpet in F; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone |
| Duration (min): |
90 |
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| Licensing: |
Licensing Request |
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