A Cartoon of Mahler

 

  Symphony No. 1 – APF1

 

NL-DHnmi, Mengelberg Stichting

 

Symphony No. 1 – Printed editions

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In the transcriptions double underlinings are in green.

 
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Autograph sheet. This score is accompanied by a sheet of autograph corrections/revisions, Alist.

  • Manuscript revisions. This score contains manuscript revisions (some probably autograph).

  • Annotations by Mengelberg. Some of these claim to record Mahler's own comments: all merit careful consideration:

 

  Page/bar  Annotation  
  [2] Mindestens: 2 Streicher, 2 Bläser Proben / und 2 Ensemble (plus 1 gen[eral] Probe[)] / Sagte „Mahler" selbst! (mit Orchester das / diese Symphonie nicht gut kennt je / Probe mehr!  
  3/10 Mahler s[agte?] hier: / in der Ferne geblasen wie Corni in d. Ferne  
  6/32 Die Hörner offen blasen aber coperti (im geschlossener Sack aus krüftigen Stoff)  
    [Over the part itself:] (die Klang muß wie aus d. Ferne klingen[)]  
  8 [Repeat inserted by hand – it was obviously observed at some time.]  
    [At the bottom of the page, probably referring to b. 71ff: ] Die absolute Genauigkeit: „sagte" u. / verlangte Mahler hier / selbst  
  17 [A possible cut sanctioned by Mahler?]  
  29 die absolute „Genauigkeit: Jede Note:" sagte Mahler  
  48 [The repeat bar has been inserted.] Bauerntanz / schwer wuchtig [pencil] Bauertanz [blue] Sehr / flott lustig [blue & red] Bläser / frech  
  49 Im großen u. ganzen: ¾ dir, flotter Walzer! 3 schlagen  
  51 [Repeat marked in]  
  65 [Trio tempo: Graphic: a crotchet = 108–138]  
  78 [Graphic: a crotchet = 76–80] Jeder Eintritt mit Accent, nachher ppp weiter / Der Jägers Begräbnis durch die Thiere des Waldes  
  81/39 Graphic: a crotchet = 66  
  84/83 Graphic: a crotchet = 72  
  88/113 Graphic: a crotchet = 92–96  
  91/ 136 [Over woodwind, in pencil:] die Frösche / unken von Ferne / die Vogel piepen dazu [similar phrase duplicated in the centre of the page; at foot, beneath the violins, in blue crayon:] piepsen / kleine Insecten  
  95 [At top:] Sehr wüthend, verzweifelt alles Wüst / cri de disperatine [in centre of page:] Schrei, wild / von Verzweifelung

Graphic: a minim = 80–92

 
  117 Graphic: a minim = 80 nobel/edel im Vortrag / sehr gesangvoll  
  147/533 alles aus der ferne  

 

  • Timings. There are manuscript timings for all four movements, and the symphony as a whole:

 

1: 16 [blue crayon]; 17 [red ink]

2: [blue crayon]; 8 [red ink]

3: 12 [pencil, overwritten in red ink]

4: 20 [red ink]

Overall: 55 [blue crayon]

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