MIDI sequence and analysis ©1992-2000 by Joe Monzo
Mahler, 7th Symphony, 1st movement
My book-plus-CD package is available for $50.00 US, plus postage -- contact me.
- book: Mahler 7th/1: an analytical reduction score, and speculations on the "hidden program", of the first movement of Gustav Mahler's Seventh Symphony,
- CD: an mp3 of my computer realization of the 1st movement of the symphony (26 minutes), retuned by Gene Ward Smith in his bifrost tuning, a 12-tone circulating well-temperament,
I've never been completely happy with any recording or performance
I've heard of this work. It's often cited as being Mahler's worst
symphony, and I think that opinion is a result of there not being any
proper interpretations of it available on recording.
I think my years of Mahler studies, and of the circumstances surrounding the composition of this symphony in particular, give me a perspective on this piece that, in my opinion, makes this interpretation of the first movement the best available (except for the fact that it's still unfinished and in progress).
I began working on the MIDI of this movement in 1988, using Texture sequencer software. In 1992 i switched to Cakewalk, and have continued to refine the tempos and phrasing up to 2003.
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samples of 1st and last pages of my "analytical reduction" score
Table of Contents
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| 1 - 2 | ... | Introductory comments |
| 2 - 4 | ... | The influence of Strauss |
| 4 - 8 | ... | The influence of Schoenberg |
| 8 - 9 | ... | Literary influences |
| 9 - 12 | ... | Rembrandt's The Night Watch and dream-states |
| 12 - 13 | ... | A Note on Keys and Tonality |
| 13 - 15 | ... | Counterpoint and dissonance in Mahler's 7th |
| 15 | ... | A note about my score of Mahler 7th/1 |
| 15 - 16 | ... | A note about my CD of Mahler 7th/1 |
| 16 - 21 | ... | Analysis and "secret program" of Mahler 7th/1 by measure number |
| 22 - 24 | ... | References |
| 25 | ... | Analytical diagram of Mahler 7th/1 |
| 27 - 79 | ... | Score of Monzo Analytical Reduction of Mahler 7th/1 |
(see my book-length webpage A Century of New Music in Vienna for detailed further background info)