Mahler 6

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:catalogueNumber Mahler's own catalogue, No. 6
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Gustav_Mahler
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Alma_Mahler
gptkbp:duration approximately 80 minutes
gptkbp:firstMovement Allegro energico, ma non troppo
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Mahler_7
gptkbp:fourthPlace Finale: Allegro moderato
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mahler 6
gptkbp:influenced 20th-century symphonic music
gptkbp:influencedBy late Romanticism
gptkbp:key A minor
gptkbp:movement 4
gptkbp:nickname Tragic
gptkbp:notableFeature Complex rhythmic structure
Controversy over Andante/Scherzo order
Debate over movement order
Dramatic contrasts
Emotional intensity
Frequent changes in orchestration
Hammer blows in the finale
Themes of fate and tragedy
Three hammer blows in original score
Unusual orchestration
Use of celesta
Use of cowbells
Use of offstage percussion
Mahler removed third hammer blow in later performances
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Bernard_Haitink,_Concertgebouw_Orchestra
gptkb:Herbert_von_Karajan,_Berlin_Philharmonic
gptkb:Georg_Solti,_Chicago_Symphony_Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic
Benjamin Zander, Philharmonia Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic
Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
Pierre Boulez, Vienna Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic
Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Symphony_No._6_in_A_minor
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Mahler_5
gptkbp:premiereDate 1906-05-27
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Essen,_Germany
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:Universal_Edition
gptkbp:secondMovement Scherzo: Wuchtig
gptkbp:thirdPlace Andante moderato
gptkbp:yearComposed 1903
1904
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Symphony_No._6_(Mahler)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6