Ländler -from Symphony 2
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Product ID: GM1 CL158
By Gustav Mahler
Publisher:
Goodmusic
Arranger:
Lawson
Series:
Concert Classics
Genre:
Romantic Era
Line Up:
Symphony Orchestra
Duration:
9:30
Level: 4
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About this item
Mahler's symphonies tend to be scored for a large orchestra, putting this wonderful music out of reach of many smaller orchestras. This arrangement whilst not simplifying the music attempts to remedy this by reducing the orchestral requirements. This movement is from the huge "Resurrection" Symphony whichin the original scoring required 4 flutes and piccolos, 4 oboes, 5 clarinets, 4 bassoons, 6 horns, 6 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, 2 harps, organ, soprano and alto soloists, full choir and strings as well as an additional "band" of 2 horns, 4 trumpets and timpani; though this movement utilised only a part of the full force. This LANDLER stands alone quite happily and offers a good entry to the symphonic world of Gustav Mahler.
Instrumentation
2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Harp Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass)
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Composer
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Gustav Mahler; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. He was born in the village of Kalischt, Bohemia, in what was then Austria-Hungary. Kaliště u Humpolce is now in the Czech Republic. Then his family had moved not far to Jihlava where Mahler grew up.
As a composer, he acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. While in his lifetime his status as a conductor was established beyond question, his own music gained wide popularity only after periods of relative neglect which included a ban on its performance in much of Europe during the Nazi era. After 1945 the music was discovered and championed by a new generation of listeners; Mahler then became one of the most frequently performed and recorded of all composers, a position he has sustained into the 21st century.
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