Symphony No. 7 (Mahler)
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The Symphony No. 7 by Gustav Mahler was written in 1904–05, with repeated revisions to the scoring. It is sometimes referred to by the title Song of the Night (German: Lied der Nacht), which Mahler never knew.[1] Although the symphony is often described as being in the key of E minor, its tonal scheme is more complicated. The symphony's first movement moves from B minor (introduction) to E minor, and the work ends with a rondo finale in C major.[2] Thus, as Dika Newlin has pointed out, "in this symphony Mahler returns to the ideal of 'progressive tonality' which he had abandoned in the Sixth".[3] The complexity of the work's tonal scheme was analysed in terms of "interlocking structures" by Graham George.[4]
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Symphony No. 7 | |
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by Gustav Mahler | |
Key | (E minor –) C major |
Composed | 1904–1905: Maiernigg |
Published | 1909 (1909): Berlin |
Publisher | Bote & Bock |
Movements | 5 |
Premiere | |
Date | 19 September 1908 (1908-09-19) |
Location | Prague |
Conductor | Gustav Mahler |
Performers | Czech Philharmonic |