Symphonies by Gustav Mahler

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musical work series

Symphonies by Gustav Mahler are a monumental cycle of late-Romantic orchestral works renowned for their emotional intensity, philosophical depth, and expansive orchestration.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gustav Mahler’s early symphonies	1
Mahler symphonies	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical work series ⓘ
composer	Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Austria ⓘ
genre	symphony ⓘ
hasPart	Das Lied von der Erde NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 1 (Mahler) NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 10 (Mahler) NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 2 (Mahler) NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 3 (Mahler) NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 4 (Mahler) NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 5 (Mahler) NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 6 (Mahler) NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 7 (Mahler) NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) NERFINISHED ⓘ Symphony No. 9 (Mahler) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	late Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
influenced	20th-century symphonic repertoire ⓘ Benjamin Britten NERFINISHED ⓘ Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Anton Bruckner NERFINISHED ⓘ Ludwig van Beethoven NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfVocalTexts	German ⓘ Latin ⓘ other liturgical languages ⓘ
mainSubject	death ⓘ existentialism ⓘ love ⓘ nature ⓘ the human condition ⓘ
movement	late Romantic music ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	emotional intensity ⓘ expansive orchestration ⓘ large orchestral forces ⓘ philosophical depth ⓘ use of vocal soloists and chorus in some symphonies ⓘ
numberOfWorks	10 ⓘ
partOf	Western classical music canon NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfCompositionEnd	1910 ⓘ
periodOfCompositionStart	1880s ⓘ
typicalDuration	very long ⓘ
typicalStructure	multi-movement ⓘ
usesOrchestraType	expanded brass section ⓘ expanded percussion section ⓘ large string section ⓘ large symphony orchestra ⓘ large woodwind section ⓘ
usesVocalForces	chorus ⓘ solo voices ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Des Knaben Wunderhorn (song settings) → associatedWith → Symphonies by Gustav Mahler ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gustav Mahler’s early symphonies

Symphony No. 4 in G major → cycle → Symphonies by Gustav Mahler ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahler symphonies

Mahler Symphony No. 8 → workSeries → Symphonies by Gustav Mahler ⓘ