Voice and piano (solo: S
- 4(2picc).3(cor
ang).3(Eb-clar.Bb-clar).3
(dble bsn) - 4.3.0.0 -
hp.timp.perc(4) - str)
SKU: BR.EB-8951
Final Version 1911 -
Textcritical Edition.
Composed by Gustav
Mahler. Edited by
Christian Rudolf Riedel.
Voice; stapled. Edition
Breitkopf. Symphony;
Late-romantic.
Piano/Vocal Score. 20
pages. Duration 55'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #EB
8951. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-8951).
ISBN
9790004186206. 9 x 12
inches. German.
Of
all his symphonies,
Mahler gave the Fourth,
his favorite and problem
child, his most
particular attention. The
Heavenly Life, a
humoresque composed in
1892 for soprano and
piano, which he already
wanted to use in the
final movement of the
Third Symphony under the
title What the Child
Tells Me, ultimately
became the nucleus and
final movement of the
Fourth. Even after
publication in 1901,
Mahler kept repeatedly
refining the
orchestration. His maxim
not without my retouching
led to a whole series of
revised reprints. It is
probably no coincidence
that Mahler performed
especially the Fourth
Symphony in his last two
New York concerts in
February 1911, using this
opportunity to review
once again the score and
parts. This performance
material with his
retouching served as the
main source for the new
edition. Furthermore,
included for the first
time were corrections and
annotations in
conjunction with
performances of the
Fourth, which Mahler
entered into the scores
of conductors such as
Mengelberg and
Wickenhauser. PB 5664 has
been awarded the Presto
Sheet Music Award
2020.
