Symphony No. 6 in a Minor

by Gustav Mahler

Book Overview

Dating from the composer's prolific period of 1903-04 and following Mahler's marriage to Alma Schindler by just a year, the draft of this remarkable work -- subtitled Tragic -- is represented by numerous recordings. The symphony incorporates portraits of Alma in the first movement and of children playing in a diabolical scherzo -- some say, a musical prediction of the tragedy that was to strike the Mahler family within three years.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486428559
• ISBN13: 9780486428550
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 8.4"