Unfinished work 1 (1904–6)

Sketch – S2

F-Pgm Fonds Henry-Louis de La Grange
MAH-ms2-012

Title
	None
Date
	[1904–6]
Calligraphy
	Pencil, with ink revisions and annotations in red crayon
Paper
	9 staves, no maker's mark, oblong format, no watermark, 115 x 157 (r = 97) Fol. 2 has been trimmed at its fore edge. The three machine-cut edges all shown traces of red colouring; the torn edge does not; the corners of what would have been the fore-edge are rounded. The staves are ruled continuously across what would have been the centre fold of each bifolio.
Manuscript structure and collation
	2 folios (not conjugates): 1r1 = auf probieren in dass Lücke 1r2–3 = 2 bars: unidentified theme in E, 12/8 1r3–4 = vor der Fugato mit den verkürzte Gegenthema 1r5–6 = [....] then 2 bars (= opening theme of the Eighth Symphony) 1r6–7= 2 bars, deleted (unidentified) 1r8–9= 5 bars, key signature ambiguous but 3 or 4 sharps, 3/4; labelled above stave 8, Adagio VII; beneath stave 9, bottom LH corner, red crayon: ?verite 1v1–2= 6 bars, probably a continuation of 1r8–9; its continuation is on2r1–2 1v4–5= 8 bars + melodic variant on 1v6 1v8–9= 7 bars; a connecting pencil line suggests this may be a possible continuation after b. 6 of 1v4–5; its continuation appears to be on 2r8–9 2r1–2 = 5 bars, with alternatives for bb. 1 and 3 on 2r3–4; probably a continuation of 1v1–2; its continuation is unclear, despite a faint connecting pencil line from the last bar, the destination of which is unfortunately unclear 2r3–4 = 2 bars alternatives to bb. 1, 3 on 2r1–2 2r5–6 = 1 bar 2r8–9 = 3 bars, continuation of 1v8–9 2v1–3= 6 bars; not an obvious continuation of other systems, but related to 1v8–9 2v4–6= 3 bars in 4/4 and using flats: related to the opening theme of the Eighth Symphony. Curiously this is included within the red crayon border (see notes), yet is unrelated to the other material enclosed by Mahler.
Provenance
	Not known
Facsimiles
	None
Select Bibliography
	None located
Notes
	The bulk of this material is closely related to that on another pair of sketch book leaves at F-Pgm, here labelled (apparently) Adagio VII. On UW1S2 red crayon is used to draw a border around those staves that are concerned with this material (but n.b. the apparent error concerning 2v4–6) and on 1r is used for the annotation ?verite. Two of the other notations relate to Part I of the Eighth Symphony, so probably cannot date from before the summer of 1906.