The Symphony No. 1 in D major is a symphony by Gustav Mahler first composed between 1884 and 1888. The initial premiere was in Budapest in 1889 under the title "Symphonische Dichtung in zwei Teilen" (symphonic poem in two parts), but was subsequently reworked into a tone poem called Titan (after a novel by Jean Paul). Under this title, the work was first performed in 1893 in Hamburg. After further revisions, Mahler eventually dropped the title and it 'premiered' again in Berlin in 1896 as the Symphony No. 1, with a duration of approximately 55 minutes. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article cites its sources but does not provide page references. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in one movement in which some extra-musical programme provides a narrative or illustrative element. ... Jean Paul Jean Paul (March 21, 1763 – November 14, 1825), born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, was a famous German humorist. ...

Structure

In its final form, the symphony has four movements:

1. Langsam, Schleppend (Slowly, dragging) Immer sehr gemächlich (very restrained throughout) D major
2. Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell (Moving strongly, but not too quickly), Recht gemächlich (restrained), a Trio – a Ländler-
3. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen (Solemnly and measured, without dragging), Sehr einfach und schlicht wie eine Volksweise (very simple, like a folk-tune), and Wieder etwas bewegter, wie im Anfang (something stronger, as at the start) – a funeral march based on the children's song "Frère Jacques" (or "Bruder Martin")
4. Stürmisch bewegt- Energisch (Stormily agitated, energetic)

For the first 3 performances, there was an additional movement, known as the Blumine, between the first and second movements of the piece as it now stands. This movement was originally written for Mahler's incidental music for Joseph Scheffel's play Der Trompeter von Säckingen (1884), which, the Blumine aside, has since been lost. The addition of this movement appears to have been an afterthought, and Mahler discarded it after the Weimar performance in 1894, and it was not discovered again until 1966 when Donald Mitchell unearthed it. The following year, Benjamin Britten conducted the first performance of it since Mahler's time at Aldeburgh. The symphony is almost never played with this movement included today, although it is sometimes heard separately. In the 1970s Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra made the first recording of the symphony by a major orchestra to include Blumine movement. This recording had been out-of-print for many years but RCA recently re-released it. D major is a major scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F♯, G, A, B, C♯ and D. Its key signature consists of two sharps. ... The ländler is a folk dance in 3/4 time which was popular in Austria, south Germany and German Switzerland at the end of the 18th century. ... A funeral march is a march composed, usually in a minor key, in in a slow simple duple metre imitating the solemn pace of a funeral procession. ... Frère Jacques is a well-known childrens song. ... Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program or some other form not primarily musical. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Donald Jerome Mitchell (May 8, 1923 - September 27, 2003) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk - December 4, 1976 Aldeburgh, Suffolk) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. ... Map sources for Aldeburgh at grid reference TM4656 Aldeburgh is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England; it is located on the Alde river at 52° North, 1° East 1. ... Template:A year The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Eugene Ormandy in the 1950s Eugene Ormandy (November 18, 1899 – March 12, 1985) was a conductor and violinist. ... The Philadelphia Orchestra, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of the Big Five symphony orchestras in the United States and usually considered among the finest in the world. ... RCAs logo as seen today on many products. ...

Under this early five-movement scheme, the work was envisioned by Mahler as a large symphonic poem in two parts, and he wrote a programme to describe the piece, but without adding any further title for the 1889 Budapest premiere. The first part consisted of the first two movements of the symphony as it is now known plus the Blumine, and the second consisting of the funeral-march and finale. For the 1893 Hamburg and 1894 Weimar performances, Mahler gave the piece the title Titan after the novel by Jean Paul, although Mahler specified that the piece was not in any way "about" the book; the nickname is often used today, but properly only applies to those two versions and should not be used in connection with the definitive final version. A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music, in one movement, in which some extra-musical programme provides a narrative or illustrative element. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jean Paul Jean Paul (March 21, 1763 – November 14, 1825), born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, was a famous German humorist. ...

The work includes two themes from Mahler's song cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1883–1885), and the available evidence also seems to indicate that Mahler recycled music from his abandoned opera project Rübezahl^{[citation needed]}. A song cycle is a group of songs designed to be performed in sequence as a single entity. ... Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Travelling Journeyman, often mistranslated as Songs of a Wayfarer) is Gustav Mahlers first song cycle. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

The opening of the third movement features a double bass soloist performing a variation on the theme of "Frère Jacques", distinguishing it as one of the few symphonic pieces to use the instrument in such a manner. Mahler uses the song, which he cites as "Bruder Martin"^[1], changed from major to minor, thus giving the piece the character of a funeral march. The mode change to minor is though not an invention by Mahler, as it is often believed, but rather the way this round was sung in the 19th and early 20th century in Austria. ^{[2] [3]} Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ... In music, solo means to play or sing alone. ... Frère Jacques is a well-known childrens song. ... A symphony is an extended piece of music for orchestra, especially one in the form of a sonata. ... In music theory, the major scale is one of the diatonic scales. ... A minor scale in musical theory can be viewed as the sixth mode of the major scale. ...

Versions

There are several manuscripts which document the revisions to which Mahler subjected the work:

1. 1888, Leipzig - The original autograph score, in Mahler's handwriting (location unknown, may no longer exist)
2. 1889, Budapest - The base layer in a copyist's handwriting is probably identical to the original autograph score. Over this, there are many revisions in Mahler's hand, and some whole sections deleted with new replacements added, in preparation for the 1889 Budapest premiere on November 20. Bound into two volumes, vol. 1 containing the 1st movement and Scherzo, vol. 2 containing the last movement; the "Blumine" and funeral march movements are missing -- in fact, conflicting numbering of the Scherzo, and the smaller size of the paper on which "Blumine" is written, seems to indicate that the "Blumine" was not originally part of Mahler's conception, and that it was lifted whole from the 1884 Der Trompeter von Sakkingen score at some point between the symphony's completion in early 1888 and the Budapest premiere in late 1889. The entire symphony is scored for the standard symphonic orchestra of the time, with 2 each of all the woodwinds and 4 horns. In this version the piece was called "Symphonic-Poem in 2 Parts". (University of Western Ontario, Rose collection)
3. 1893, Hamburg - The base layer in Mahler's hand corresponds to the final version of the Budapest manuscript, and probably was the manuscript sent by Mahler to Schott as a Stichvorlage [enghraver's copy] in 1891 in hopes of publication, and for the first time given a title: Aus dem Leben eines Einsamen ['from the life of a lonely-one']. Over this base layer, there are many revisions and new sections (including to "Blumine") added in 1893, in preparation for the second performance, in Hamburg on October 27. Contains all 5 movements; the funeral march was apparently lifted whole out of the 1889 manuscript. Orchestra has 3 each of the woodwinds. Just before the Hamburg performance, Mahler added the titles from Titan. (Yale University, Osborn collection)
4. 1894?, Hamburg - The base layer in a copyist's handwriting corresponds to the final version of the 1893 manuscript, with further revisions by Mahler. Probably prepared for the third performance, in Weimar on June 3. Pages containing the "Blumine" have been folded over, indicating deletion. Orchestra has 4 each of the woodwinds, and 3 additional horns. Still includes the titles from Titan. (New York Public Library, Bruno Walter collection)
5. 1896?, Hamburg - The base layer in a copyist's handwriting, with revisions by Mahler. Probably prepared for 4th performance, in Berlin on March 16. Contains 4 movements ("Blumine" not included). Known from this point on as "Symphony No. 1". (Sold at auction by Sotheby's in 1984, presently inaccessible).
6. 1898?, Vienna - In a copyist's handwriting, based on the final version of the 1894? manuscript, this is the Stichvorlage [engraver's copy], used as a basis for the first score published by Weinberger in February 1899. Probably prepared for the 5th performance, in Prague.

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Orchestration

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Woodwinds

4 Flutes (3rd and 4th flutes doubling Piccolos)

4 Oboes (3rd oboe doubling English Horn)

4 Clarinets in B-flat, A, C (3rd clarinet doubling B flat Bass Clarinet and E flat clarinet; 4th clarinet doubling E flat clarinet, "doubled at least" in last movement)

3 Bassoons (3rd bassoon doubling Contrabassoon)

Brass

7 Horns (with "reinforcement" of a 5th Trumpet and 4th Trombone in last 76 bars of last movement, sitting with the horns and largely doubling their parts)

4 Trumpets in F (in the first movement trumpet 3 has a brief passage in B flat; in the last movement the 1st Trumpet is doubled in fortissimo passages)

3 Trombones

Tuba

Percussion

requires a total of 5 players

Timpani (2 timpanists total, with 5 drums total). For movements 1 through 3, there is one timpanist with drums tuned to 29" and 26", occassionaly muffled, and in the last movement the first timpanist also plays the same drums. For the last movement, there are two timpanists, and the second timpanist must utilize three drums tuned to 29", 26" and 23".

Suspended cymbal with sponge mallets and wooden timpani mallets

Triangle

Tam-tam with sponge mallets

Bass drum, with in the 3rd movement a suspended cymbal attached to the bass drum and both struck by the same player

Crash cymbals

Strings

Harp

1st & 2nd Violins (typically about 16 each)

Violas (typically about 14)

Violoncellos (typically about 12)

Double basses (typically about 8)

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Premieres

• World premiere: 1889 November 20, Budapest, conducted by the composer. The work was poorly received.
• German premieres:

1. 1893 October 27, Hamburg, conducted by the composer.
2. 1894 June 3, Weimar, conducted by the composer.
3. 1896 March 16, Berlin, conducted by the composer.
4. 1899 March, Frankfurt, conducted by the composer.

• Austrian premieres:

1. 1898 March, Prague, conducted by the composer. The first really successful performance.
2. 1900 November 18, Vienna, conducted by the composer.

• English premiere: 1903 October 21, London as part of a Proms concert, conducted by Henry Wood.
• American premiere: 1909 December 16, New York City, conducted by the composer.

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Publication

• 1899 February, Vienna, Weinberger.
• 1906 May, Vienna, Universal Edition.
• 1967 Vienna, Universal Edition (critical edition).

External links

• A Century of New Music in Vienna
• Extensive history and analysis by renowned Mahler scholar Henry Louis de La Grange
• Kunst der Fuge: Mahler's 1st Symphony (MIDI files)
• Discography [1]

References

1. ^ Natalie Bauer-Lechner: Erinnerungen an Gustav Mahler. Ed. by Herbert Killian. Hamburg 1984, p. 174
2. ^ Reinhold Schmid: 50 Kanons. Vienna, n.d. [ca. 1950] (Philharmonia pocket scores No. 86)
3. ^ Ute Jung-Kaiser: Die wahren Bilder und Chiffren „tragischer Ironie“ in Mahlers „Erster“. In: Günther Weiß (ed.): Neue Mahleriana: essays in honour of Henry-Louis de LaGrange on his seventieth birthday. Lang, Berne etc. 1997, ISBN 3-906756-95-5. pp. 101-152