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Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor

19021 h 10 min

This guide follows Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor (1902) in five parts: Trauermarsch, Sturmisch bewegt (sonata form), Scherzo: Kräftig, nicht zu schnell (minuet and trio), Adagietto and Rondo-Finale (rondo).

Recording: Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

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AnalysisComments
  1. I
  2. IISturmisch · Sonata form
  3. III: , · Minuet and trio
  4. IV
  5. V- · Rondo
I1:04–13:23

Marked 'in measured step, stern, like a funeral procession'. A trumpet , its rhythm close to Beethoven's Fifth, starts the C-sharp minor (section A). The keeps returning, as A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5, and each time contrasting music breaks into it: a wild outburst in one , a quieter, passage in another. New material starts with sections B, C and D. The dies away quietly, with the .

  1. A
  2. B
IISturmisch Sonata form13:28–26:44
III: , Minuet and trio27:14–44:35
IV45:32–57:14
V-Rondo57:32–1:10:59

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

At a glance

  1. I. Trauermarsch12 min · 417 bars
  2. II. Sturmisch bewegtSonata form · 13 min · 575 bars
  3. III. Scherzo: Kräftig, nicht zu schnellMinuet and trio · 17 min · 693 bars
  4. IV. Adagietto12 min · 105 bars
  5. V. Rondo-FinaleRondo · 13 min · 791 bars

Instruments: Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, English horn, Clarinet, Bass clarinet, Bassoon, Contrabassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion, Harp, Violin (solo), Viola (solo), Strings, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, Double bass

Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor, II. Sturmisch bewegt: first page of the score
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Questions

How long is Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor?
About 1 h 10 min in this recording, in 5 movements: I 12 min, II 13 min, III 17 min, IV 12 min and V 13 min.
What form are its movements in?
II: sonata form, III: minuet and trio and V: rondo.
Which instruments play in Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor?
Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, English horn, Clarinet, Bass clarinet, Bassoon, Contrabassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion, Harp, Violin (solo), Viola (solo), Strings, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello and Double bass.
Is there a score of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor?
Yes, of II and V.

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The late Romantic orchestra at its largest: Bruckner's and Mahler's symphonies and Strauss's tone poems, 1880 to 1945.

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