Symphony No. 1

NYPO set – PO1

US-NYph 440


1	A recording of the first two movements of this performance survives. See PFMD2, 1.0020.

This part set, apparently in use by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra from the 1920s until the early 1960s, is made up of copies of the first edition, but with two ms parts (Cl in E, 1. Tpt) copied in 1920 and an undated ms. harp part) presumably prepared to replace parts that found their way into Mahler's personal part set, GMPO2.
The associated full score, APF2, was once owned and annotated by Mahler.
Timings:
The timings are all given in minutes/seconds. In some cases the timing ostensibly supplied for the last movement clearly applies to the last two movements (which are performed attacca).

Presumably most of these performances did not include the first and second movement repeats (as they are not printed in the first editions of the score or parts), though in later years Bernstein did include them, and this may account for the timings of his 1962 performance. The recording of one of the Barbirolli performances in 1959 reveals that he included the repeat in the second movement.

The players' annotations were presumably done during performances, whereas the annotations on the folder are clearly more formal. The latter suggest a rather consistent pattern of gradually more leisurely performances, but the 1920 Stransky performance timed in the part used by second desk of the second violins stands outside that pattern.

Part	Mvt I	Mvt II	Mvt III	Mvt IV	Complete Work	Notes
Vn I, desk 2	16	7	13	22	–
Vn I, desk 5					50½
Vn II, desk 2					54½	Dec. 31. 1920 Stransky
Vn II, desk 3				29	52
Vn II, desk 7					53
Vla, desk 1					52	48 min. without repeats
Vla, desk 2	15½					The Kates [pencil addition to the title on p. 1]
Vla, desk 3	15½				55
Vla, desk 4	15½				51
Vla, desk 5	15½				50
Vla, desk 6				29	51	Bruno Walter 49 min.
Db, desk 3						[At end:] AMEN
Fl 2					50
Bsn 1					55
Bsn 2	17 12 L.B. 15 S. John B. 14	6½ L.B. 8 SJB 8	13 11 L.B. 15		55 51 49 53	Bernstein 1962 Mitroupulos Walter Jan. 1954 Barbirolli, 1959
Tpt I					53	[Ms part, copied 12.2.20]
Tpt II	15	7			54
Tpt III	15	7		28.5	54
Tuba						Fred Geib Dec. 31st 1920/ Carnegie Hall N.Y. City / Josef Stransky Conductor.

Annotations on the part set wrapper
	14	6.35	10.20	17.30	48.25	Rozdinski [18,19, 20, 21¹ October 1945]
	13.05	6.15	10.20	10.10 (cut)	40.20	E. Kurtz [20, 21, 22, 23 March 1947]
	12.30	6.50	11.55	19.05	50.30	Walter [9, 10, 12 February 1950]
	13.50	6.10	11	18.55	50.15	Mitropoulos [18, 19, 21 October 1951]
	12.15	6.15	11.30	18.55	49.35	Walter [24, 25 January 1954]
	13.30	8.30		30	52.50	Barbirolli [8, 9, 10, 11 January 1959]
	14.20	6.30		30.35	52.10	[Bernstein?] [2, 8, 9, 10 January 1960]
	16.10	8.45		30.15	56.30	[Bernstein?] [3, 4, 5, 6 May 1962]