Inside Mahler's Second Symphony: A Listener's Guide
- Author: Bernstein, Lawrence F.
Readers can prepare for an enlightened appreciation of the whole symphony in performance —
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Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- List of Music Examples
- List of Audio Examples
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- The Recording
- How to Use this Book
- Part One: Preliminaries
- Chapter 1 Setting the Stage for the Second Symphony
- Part Two: The Five Movements
- Chapter 2 First Movement: The Opening and a Two-part Exposition
- Chapter 3 First Movement: Development and Recapitulation
- Chapter 4 The Second Movement
- Chapter 5 A Song Serves as a Study for the Third Movement
- Chapter 6 The Third Movement: Scherzo and Trio
- Chapter 7 The Fourth Movement: Urlicht
- Chapter 8 How to Complete the Symphony
- Chapter 9 The Last Movement, Part 1: References to Judgment and the Airing of Themes
- Chapter 10 The Last Movement, Part 2: Judgment in Action, Musical Development, and Some Continuing Enigmas
- Chapter 11 The Last Movement, Part 3: Collapse, Climactic Resolution, a Stunning Reversal, and Celebration
- Appendices
- Appendix 1 The Formal Template for the First Movement: Sonata Form
- Appendix 2 Second-Movement Forms
- Appendix 3 The Origins, Character, and Form of the Scherzo
- Appendix 4 Complete Performances of Each Movement
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index