Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor

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Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor is a large-scale, emotionally intense orchestral work by Gustav Mahler, renowned for its dramatic trajectory from a funeral march opening to a triumphant finale and for its famous Adagietto movement.

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Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
AdagiettoFame one of Mahler's most famous movements ⓘ
AdagiettoInstrumentation strings and harp ⓘ
AdagiettoTempoMarking Sehr langsam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mahler's Fifth Symphony ⓘ
approximateDuration 70 minutes ⓘ
belongsToRepertoire standard symphonic repertoire ⓘ
catalogNumber Mahler 5 ⓘ
composer Gustav Mahler ⓘ
composerNationality Austrian ⓘ
compositionEndDate 1902 ⓘ
compositionStartDate 1901 ⓘ
containsCounterpoint yes ⓘ
containsFugalWriting yes ⓘ
containsMotivicDevelopment yes ⓘ
dedicatedTo Johannes Richter ⓘ
emotionalTrajectory from tragedy to triumph ⓘ
featuresBrassProminently true ⓘ
featuresPercussionProminently true ⓘ
finaleCharacter triumphant ⓘ
hasRevisionsByComposer yes ⓘ
hasTonalityShift ends in D major ⓘ
influencedBy Beethovenian symphonic tradition ⓘ
influencedLaterComposers true ⓘ
inspiredBy Mahler's near-fatal illness in 1901 ⓘ
key C-sharp minor ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movement Adagietto. Sehr langsam ⓘ
Rondo-Finale. Allegro ⓘ
Scherzo. Kräftig, nicht zu schnell ⓘ
Stürmisch bewegt, mit größter Vehemenz ⓘ
Trauermarsch. In gemessenem Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt ⓘ
notableMovement Adagietto ⓘ
numberInSeries 5 ⓘ
numberOfMovements 5 ⓘ
openingMovementType funeral march ⓘ
orchestration large orchestra ⓘ
period Late Romantic ⓘ
placeInMahlerOutput first purely instrumental symphony after the Wunderhorn symphonies ⓘ
premiereConductor Gustav Mahler ⓘ
premiereCountry Germany ⓘ
premiereDate 18 October 1904 ⓘ
premiereLocation Cologne ⓘ
publisher C. F. Kahnt ⓘ
relatedTo Mahler's relationship with Alma Mahler ⓘ
usedInFilm Death in Venice ⓘ
usedInFilmDirector Luchino Visconti ⓘ

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Gustav Mahler → notableWork → Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor ⓘ
Symphony No. 4 in G major → successorWork → Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor ⓘ
Lucerne Festival Orchestra Mahler cycle → includesWork → Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor ⓘ