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Mahler Symphony No. 4 - 1st Movement - Listening Guide
Mahler Foundation
English - March 18, 2021 17:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMusic Commentary Music Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Moderately, not rushed, Sonata form. Flutes and sleigh bells open the unusually restrained first movement (and used later with a melodic theme known commonly as the ‘bell theme’, which helps define sections throughout the movement) often described as possessing classical poise. As would be expected for the first movement of a symphony, the first movement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 is in sonata form.
A listening guide of Symphony No. 4 - 1st Movement with Lew Smoley.