Symphony No. 4 in G major
This guide follows Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 in G major (1900) in four parts: Bedächtig (sonata form), In gemächlicher Bewegung (minuet and trio), Ruhevoll (theme and variations) and Sehr behaglich (theme and variations).
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, eilen (deliberate, not hurried). Flutes and sleigh bells open the , and a relaxed G major follows. A in D major (B), marked 'broadly sung', comes next. The (A1), and then the (C) begins, climbing to a trumpet that Mahler later used to open the Fifth Symphony. The , where A , builds to a joyful , and then a calm, slow begins.
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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