Mahler, Gustav. (1860–1911). Gustav Mahler's VIII. Symphonie. Thematische Analyse mit einer Eintlung und dem Portrat Mahlers. - SPECIAL ISSUE FOR A 1913 PERFORMANCE BY FRITZ BUSCH. Leipzig-Wien: Universal Ed.. 1912. Interesting volume concerning the 8th Symphony and including a halftone portrait of the composer, this copy specially printed for a Fritz Busch-led performance in Aachen in the Kurhaus Oct. 5, 1913 with a 2 pp. program bound in before the portrait. Universal - Edition No.. 3399k. 14 x 21 cm., 50 pp. Wrappers toned and stained, chip to lower right corner, else fine.
The Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major by Gustav Mahler is one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire. Because it requires huge instrumental and vocal forces it is frequently called the "Symphony of a Thousand", although the work is generally performed with fewer than a thousand, and Mahler himself did not sanction the name. The work was composed in a single inspired burst, at Maiernigg in southern Austria in the summer of 1906. The last of Mahler's works that was premiered in his lifetime, the symphony was a critical and popular success when he conducted its first performance in Munich on 12 September 1910.
Mahler, Gustav. (1860–1911). Gustav Mahler's VIII. Symphonie. Thematische Analyse mit einer Eintlung und dem Portrat Mahlers. - SPECIAL ISSUE FOR A 1913 PERFORMANCE BY FRITZ BUSCH. Leipzig-Wien: Universal Ed.. 1912. Interesting volume concerning the 8th Symphony and including a halftone portrait of the composer, this copy specially printed for a Fritz Busch-led performance in Aachen in the Kurhaus Oct. 5, 1913 with a 2 pp. program bound in before the portrait. Universal - Edition No.. 3399k. 14 x 21 cm., 50 pp. Wrappers toned and stained, chip to lower right corner, else fine.
The Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major by Gustav Mahler is one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire. Because it requires huge instrumental and vocal forces it is frequently called the "Symphony of a Thousand", although the work is generally performed with fewer than a thousand, and Mahler himself did not sanction the name. The work was composed in a single inspired burst, at Maiernigg in southern Austria in the summer of 1906. The last of Mahler's works that was premiered in his lifetime, the symphony was a critical and popular success when he conducted its first performance in Munich on 12 September 1910.