Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6 in Full Score

by Gustav Mahler

In his Fifth Symphony, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) moved on from the song-oriented works of his Wunderhorn period to take up the challenges of the purely instrumental symphony. It was a move that brought to the fore the Austrian composer's genius for discovering fresh and convincing formal solutions for his musical aims. Without a specific dramatic program or narrative live, the Fifth Symphony moves forward in vivid, emotionally compelling musical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486268888
• ISBN13: 9780486268880
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.9" x 11.9"

Customer Reviews

Book Delivers what is expected...at a good price too

notes are easy to read. The scores are large, so the book has several hundred pages....Overall a good bargain for such large works. The quality pretty good I think and the durability is about the best you could expect from paperback or softcover...The usual from Dover. No complaints here....I've ordered scores from Dover for several years, and if nothing else, the quality is very consistent.

Malher Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6

All three of these books are a gift for my grandson so I cannot comment on the content of them. This one was received on time.

Wonderful Mahler 5 and 6

Probably my favorite Mahler Symphony, his Symphony No. 5 was the first I ever saw performed. It's a fantastic work and, unlike his "Tragic" Symphony No. 6, the tragedy from the opening Funeral March is reconciled by the exhuberent and boistrous finale. The very last section of the fourth movement to the end has a triumphant feel (and even sound and structure) reminiscent to Tschaikowsky's Symphonic finales. The Tragic 6th is a great piece to study, but, for me, can be very weary as the symphony does not more then briefly rise above meloncholy.A great large score, the print is very readable and there a few translations for the German text (though, having a completely German version of the score, there are several instructions that have been left out). It lies flat on the desk or music stand, which is a great plus. Lastly, it's inexpensive, which makes it a must for Music students and I highly reccommend it to professionals and listeners alike.

Fine Score, if you know the mistakes

Being a Mahler lover, composer, timpanist, and conductor, I constantly pour through recordings and scores of his works. This edition, while a fine orchestral score, is full of errors which Mahler later corrected. While the musical ideas and feeling of the works here are present, there are some details which differ from newer editions. Do not be fooled; every note these scores contain are Mahlers own. But these are first-edition, first performance scores. Mahler was notorious--conductor that he was--for editing and revising his works after premieres. I have looked at other scores, later, more difinitive scores, which show errors, and some are quite audiable in recordings. But for any young conductor to get a flavor for the structure of these works, the Dover edition is the most practical and cost effective score to buy.

Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 in Full Score by Gustav Mahler

Any music fan of Mahler, should get this excellent Full Score of his 5th and 6th Symphonies. It has a great little German to English Dictionary in the front of the book and explains what the terms in the score that Mahler wrote in German. I highly suggest this book to any Mahler fan, to any classical music listener, student, or conductor!!!