Resurrection

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Resurrection is the popular nickname of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 in C minor, a monumental late-Romantic work exploring themes of death and spiritual rebirth.

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instanceOf symphony nickname
alsoKnownAs Resurrection Symphony
appliesToWorkBy Gustav Mahler
associatedWithApproximateDuration about 80–90 minutes
associatedWithCatalogueNumber Mahler Symphony No. 2
associatedWithChoralSymphonyTradition yes
associatedWithCompletionYear 1894
associatedWithComposerNationality Austro-Bohemian
associatedWithCompositionStartYear 1888
associatedWithConcept hope beyond death
struggle with fate
transcendence
associatedWithForm multi-movement symphonic work
associatedWithGenre symphony
associatedWithInstrumentation large orchestra
offstage brass
organ
associatedWithKey C minor
associatedWithLanguageOfFinaleText German
associatedWithMovement Andante moderato (second movement of Symphony No. 2)
Finale in E-flat major (fifth movement of Symphony No. 2)
Scherzo in C minor (third movement of Symphony No. 2)
“Totenfeier” (first movement of Symphony No. 2)
“Urlicht” (fourth movement of Symphony No. 2)
associatedWithPeriod late Romantic
associatedWithPremiereCity Berlin
associatedWithPremiereConductor Gustav Mahler
associatedWithPremiereYear 1895
associatedWithReception considered one of Mahler’s most popular symphonies
frequently performed in major concert halls worldwide
associatedWithTextAuthor Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
associatedWithTextSource Klopstock’s hymn “Die Auferstehung”
associatedWithVocalForces alto (mezzo-soprano) solo
mixed chorus
soprano solo
associatedWithWorkRankInComposerOutput second symphony
hasTheme afterlife
death
judgment day
redemption
spiritual rebirth
languageOfNickname English
movementCountOfWork 5
nicknameUsageContext classical music
concert programming
recordings and album titles
refersTo Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 2 in C minor

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