Symphony No. 5 (平装) 0486401154

Unique melodic and tonal structures calling for vast orchestral resources exhibit the distinguished Austrian composer’s expansive emotional expressions and monumental musical designs. Enjoying an undiminished popularity for nearly a century, Mahler’s fifth symphony is reproduced here from an authoritative edition for musicians, students, and music lovers alike. .com Review The task of finding sheet music and scores that are trulyaffordable is a perennial problem for music students, music lovers,and even professional performers. By reprinting other companies' musicwhen the copyright runs out, Dover Publications has been a leader inthis area for decades. Best known for its full-size scores, Doveroffers a new line that should cheer the impoverished student andanyone else who appreciates a bargain. The company has now moved intothe miniature-scores market. Mini scores are ideal study guides, sizedright to fit into a pocket or handbag, and easy to pull out and followalong with at concerts. The new line from Dover (featuring a nicewide-bottom margin for note taking) carries a much lower retail pricethan the competition's.

The Dover score of Mahler's Symphony No. 5 in C-sharpMinor is a reprint of one originally published in 1904 byC.F. Peters of Leipzig. They've spruced it up with the addition of ahelpful four-page glossary of German musical terms with their Englishequivalents. Unlike the three symphonies that immediately preceded it,Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor is not programmatic innature, nor does it make use of singers. Mahler composed it during hisengagement and early years of marriage to Alma Schindler. Thesymphony's structure builds to the resounding climax of the finalmovement, pausing at the fourth movement for a meditation on his lovefor Alma. This is a magnificently complex score, and one that rewardsrepeat listeners. --Sarah Bryan Miller