Mahler 6
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Mahler 6 is Gustav Mahler’s intensely dramatic Sixth Symphony, often called the “Tragic,” known for its powerful emotional contrasts, innovative orchestration, and famously devastating hammer blows in the finale.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | symphony ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tragic ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionEndYear | 1904 ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionStartYear | 1903 ⓘ |
| cataloguePosition | middle-period Mahler symphony ⓘ |
| commonProgrammingContext | full-length concert main work ⓘ |
| composer | Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| difficultyLevel | technically demanding for orchestra ⓘ |
| durationApproximate | 80 minutes ⓘ |
| emotionalCharacterization |
intensely dramatic
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tragic ⓘ |
| genre | late-Romantic symphony ⓘ |
| hasMovement |
Allegro energico, ma non troppo. Heftig, aber markig
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Andante moderato NERFINISHED ⓘ Finale: Allegro moderato – Allegro energico NERFINISHED ⓘ Scherzo: Wuchtig ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Austro-German symphonic tradition ⓘ |
| key | A minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTempoMarkings | Italian ⓘ |
| movementCount | 4 ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | late Romanticism with modernist tendencies ⓘ |
| nickNameUsage | often called the Tragic Symphony ⓘ |
| notableElement | famous hammer blows in the last movement ⓘ |
| numberInSeries | 6 ⓘ |
| orchestrationFeature |
expanded percussion section
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large late-Romantic orchestra ⓘ use of celesta ⓘ use of cowbells ⓘ use of hammer blows in finale ⓘ |
| originalHammerBlowCount | 3 ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Essen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1906-05-27 ⓘ |
| reception |
considered one of Mahler’s darkest symphonies
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widely performed in the symphonic repertoire ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByComposer |
Mahler Symphony No. 5
NERFINISHED
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Mahler Symphony No. 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisedInYear | 1906 ⓘ |
| structuralFeature |
cyclical thematic relationships between movements
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prominent use of marching rhythms ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
extensive musicological analysis
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numerous commercial recordings ⓘ |
| title | Symphony No. 6 in A minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tonalPlan | overall minor-mode trajectory with major–minor contrasts ⓘ |
| typicalHammerBlowCount | 2 GENERATED ⓘ |
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