Mahler Symphony No. 4

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Mahler Symphony No. 4 is a relatively light, classically scaled symphony by Gustav Mahler, best known for its serene, childlike finale that sets the song "Das himmlische Leben" describing a child's vision of heaven.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Symphony No. 4 (Mahler) 4
Mahler Symphony No. 4 canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf symphony ⓘ
catalogCode Symphony No. 4 in G major ⓘ
composer Gustav Mahler ⓘ
compositionEndYear 1901 ⓘ
compositionStartYear 1899 ⓘ
cycle symphonies of Gustav Mahler ⓘ
dedication not explicitly dedicated ⓘ
era late Romantic ⓘ
finaleTempoIndication Sehr behaglich ⓘ
firstMovementForm sonata-allegro influenced form ⓘ
firstMovementTitle Bedächtig, nicht eilen ⓘ
fourthMovementTitle Sehr behaglich ⓘ
key G major ⓘ
languageOfText German ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
notableCharacteristic serene, childlike finale ⓘ
notableFeature absence of trombones in much of the work ⓘ
notableRecordingArtist Bruno Walter ⓘ
Claudio Abbado ⓘ
Herbert von Karajan ⓘ
Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
Pierre Boulez ⓘ
orchestrationFeature reduced orchestral forces compared to Mahler’s later symphonies ⓘ
ordinalNumber 4 ⓘ
predecessorInCycle Mahler Symphony No. 3 ⓘ
premiereCity Munich ⓘ
premiereConductor Gustav Mahler ⓘ
premiereCountry Germany ⓘ
premiereDate 1901-11-25 ⓘ
publisher Universal Edition ⓘ
relatedSongCollection Des Knaben Wunderhorn (song cycle) ⓘ
secondMovementFeature prominent solo violin tuned a whole tone higher (scordatura) ⓘ
secondMovementTitle In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast ⓘ
stylisticDescription classically scaled ⓘ
relatively light in character ⓘ
subjectOfFinaleText a child’s vision of heaven ⓘ
successorInCycle Mahler Symphony No. 5 ⓘ
textAuthorOfFinale Des Knaben Wunderhorn ⓘ
textSourceOfFinale Das himmlische Leben ⓘ
thirdMovementCharacter slow, contemplative adagio ⓘ
thirdMovementTitle Ruhevoll (poco adagio) ⓘ
tonalPlan overall G major orientation with contrasting tonal regions ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration about 50 to 60 minutes ⓘ
typicalProgrammingContext standard orchestral repertoire ⓘ
usesMaterialFrom Das himmlische Leben (song) ⓘ
vocalForcesInFinale soprano solo ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mahler Symphony No. 3 → followedBy → Mahler Symphony No. 4 ⓘ
Des Knaben Wunderhorn (song settings) → usedIn → Symphony No. 4 (Mahler) ⓘ
linked to: Mahler Symphony No. 4
Symphonies by Gustav Mahler → hasPart → Symphony No. 4 (Mahler) ⓘ
linked to: Mahler Symphony No. 4
Das himmlische Leben → associatedWork → Symphony No. 4 (Mahler) ⓘ
subject linked to: “Das himmlische Leben”
linked to: Mahler Symphony No. 4
Das himmlische Leben → laterUsedIn → Symphony No. 4 (Mahler) ⓘ
subject linked to: song “Das himmlische Leben”
linked to: Mahler Symphony No. 4