The Symphony No. 1 in D Major is a symphony by Gustav MAHLER first composed between 1888 and 1894. The initial premiere was in Budapest in 1889, where it was presented as a five-movement symphonic poem under the title "Symphonische Dichtung in zwei Teilen" (symphonic poem in two parts). In subsequent performances in Hamburg (1893) and Weimar (1894), the piece was titled "Titan" eine Tondichtung in Symphonie-form (a tone poem in the form of a symphony). After further revisions, MAHLER eventually dropped the title, the descriptive movement titles, and the Andante second movement, titled "Blumine." The piece "premiered" again in Berlin in 1896 as the unnumbered "Symphony in D major", with a duration of approximately 55 minutes. When the symphony first appeared in print in 1899, it received its ultimate title, "Symphony No. 1".

In its final form, the symphony has four movements:

The piece proposed here is the movement III.

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  Composer

Gustav MAHLER

All the transcriptions and arrangements of Pieces of Gustav MAHLER are here

  Instrumentation

- Flute 1 (1 part) *

- Flute 2 & Piccolo (1 part)

- Oboe 1 (1 part) *

- Oboe 2 (1 part)

- English Horn (1 part)

- Bassoon 1 (1 part)

- Bassoon 2 (1 part)

- Eb Clarinet (2 parts)

- Bb Solo Clarinet (1 part) *

- Bb Solo Clarinet 2 (1 part) *

- Bb Clarinet 1 (2 parts) *

- Bb Clarinet 2 (2 parts) *

- Bb Clarinet 3 (2 parts) *

- Bass Clarinet (1 part) *

- Harp (or Piano) (1 part) *

- Alto Saxophone 1 (1 part) *

- Alto Saxophone 2 (1 part) *

- Tenor Saxophone 1 & 2 (2 parts) *

- Baritone Saxophone (1 part)

- F Horn 1 & 2 (2 parts)

- F Horn 3 & 4 (2 parts)

- F Horn 5 & 6 (2 parts)

- Bb Trumpet 1 (1 part) *

- Bb Trumpet 2 & 3 (2 parts) *

- Trombone 1 & 2 (2 parts) *

- Trombone 3 (1 part)

- C Euphonium 1 & 2 (2 parts) *

- C Bass 1 & 2 (2 parts) *

- Violoncello (1 part)

- Contrabass (1 part)

- Timpani (1 part) *

- Vibraphone & Xylophone (2 parts) *

- Tam-tam, Cymbals , Bass Drum (1 part) *

* This arrangement can be played with the

   instruments tagged with the asterisc only

Additional Parts:

- Soprano Saxophone cue Oboe 1 (1 part)

- Alto Saxophone cue English Horn (1 part)

- Tenor Saxophone cue English Horn (1 part)

- Eb Horn 1&2 (1 part)

- Eb Horn 3&4 (1 part)

- Eb Horn 5&6 (1 part)

- Bb Baritone or Euphonium T.C. (1 part)

- Bb Euphonium B.C. (1 part)

- Bb Trombone 1&2 T.C. (1 part)

- Bb Trombone 1&2 B.C. (1 part)

- Bb Trombone 3 T.C. (1 part)

- Bb Trombone 3 B.C. (1 part)

- Eb Bass T.C. (1 part)

- Eb Bass B.C. (1 part)

- Bb CBass T.C. (1 part)

- Bb CBass B.C. (1 part)

  Duration

10 mn 25 s