Resurrection

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Resurrection is the popular nickname of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 in C minor, a monumental late-Romantic work exploring themes of death and spiritual rebirth.

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instanceOf symphony nickname
alsoKnownAs Resurrection Symphony NERFINISHED
appliesToWorkBy Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED
associatedWithApproximateDuration about 80–90 minutes GENERATED
associatedWithCatalogueNumber Mahler Symphony No. 2 GENERATED
associatedWithChoralSymphonyTradition yes GENERATED
associatedWithCompletionYear 1894 GENERATED
associatedWithComposerNationality Austro-Bohemian
associatedWithCompositionStartYear 1888 GENERATED
associatedWithConcept hope beyond death
struggle with fate
transcendence
associatedWithForm multi-movement symphonic work
associatedWithGenre symphony
associatedWithInstrumentation large orchestra GENERATED
offstage brass GENERATED
organ GENERATED
associatedWithKey C minor GENERATED
associatedWithLanguageOfFinaleText German GENERATED
associatedWithMovement Andante moderato (second movement of Symphony No. 2) NERFINISHED
Finale in E-flat major (fifth movement of Symphony No. 2) NERFINISHED
Scherzo in C minor (third movement of Symphony No. 2) NERFINISHED
“Totenfeier” (first movement of Symphony No. 2) NERFINISHED
“Urlicht” (fourth movement of Symphony No. 2) NERFINISHED
associatedWithPeriod late Romantic
associatedWithPremiereCity Berlin GENERATED
associatedWithPremiereConductor Gustav Mahler GENERATED
associatedWithPremiereYear 1895 GENERATED
associatedWithReception considered one of Mahler’s most popular symphonies GENERATED
frequently performed in major concert halls worldwide GENERATED
associatedWithTextAuthor Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock GENERATED
associatedWithTextSource Klopstock’s hymn “Die Auferstehung” GENERATED
associatedWithVocalForces alto (mezzo-soprano) solo GENERATED
mixed chorus GENERATED
soprano solo GENERATED
associatedWithWorkRankInComposerOutput second symphony GENERATED
hasTheme afterlife
death
judgment day
redemption
spiritual rebirth
languageOfNickname English
movementCountOfWork 5
nicknameUsageContext classical music
concert programming
recordings and album titles
refersTo Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 NERFINISHED
Symphony No. 2 in C minor NERFINISHED

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