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Topic: Mahler Third Symphony  (Read 1941 times)

Offline MasterTuner

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Mahler Third Symphony
on: June 27, 2004, 09:57:23 PM
I believe Mahler uses a passage from a familiar piano work in part of his third supmhony but I can't think of what it is.  Does anyone know?

Offline xvimbi

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Re: Mahler Third Symphony
Reply #1 on: June 27, 2004, 11:00:07 PM
Perhaps, you are thinking of two of Mahler's own songs: "Ablösung im Sommer" ("Relief in Summer") and "Das himmlische Leben" ("Life in Heaven").
 

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