Mahler's Fifth Symphony

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Mahler's Fifth Symphony is a monumental late-Romantic orchestral work renowned for its emotional intensity, complex structure, and the famous Adagietto movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf symphony
alternativeKey D major
approximateDuration 70 minutes
associatedPerson Alma Mahler NERFINISHED
composer Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED
compositionEndDate 1902
compositionStartDate 1901
emotionallyCharacterizedAs tragic to triumphant
famousFor Adagietto movement NERFINISHED
complex structure
emotional intensity
famousRecording Bernard Haitink / Concertgebouw Orchestra recording NERFINISHED
Claudio Abbado / Berlin Philharmonic recording NERFINISHED
Herbert von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic recording NERFINISHED
Leonard Bernstein / Vienna Philharmonic recording NERFINISHED
featuresInstrument brass
harp
horn
percussion
strings
timpani
trumpet
woodwinds
genre symphonic
inCatalogue Mahler symphonies cycle NERFINISHED
influenced 20th-century symphonic repertoire
influencedBy Beethoven's symphonic tradition NERFINISHED
Wagnerian orchestration
inspiredWork Visconti film "Death in Venice" NERFINISHED
key C-sharp minor
languageOfTempoMarkings German
movement Adagietto. Sehr langsam
Rondo-Finale. Allegro
Scherzo. Kräftig, nicht zu schnell
Stürmisch bewegt, mit größter Vehemenz NERFINISHED
Trauermarsch. In gemessenem Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt
notableFeature Adagietto for strings and harp NERFINISHED
complex formal structure
extensive use of counterpoint
large dynamic range
prominent trumpet solo opening
notableMovement Adagietto
numberOfMovements 5
orchestration large orchestra
ordinalNumber 5
period late Romantic
premiereConductor Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED
premiereCountry Germany NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1904-10-18
premierePlace Cologne NERFINISHED
revisedUntil 1904

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Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor alsoKnownAs Mahler's Fifth Symphony
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" relatedWorkByComposer Mahler's Fifth Symphony
this entity surface form: Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler
Des Knaben Wunderhorn (song settings) usedIn Mahler's Fifth Symphony
this entity surface form: Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)