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Original

Gustav Mahler. 1st Symphony 3rd Movement 'Bruder Martin'. Score. Parts. Sheet Music. Orchestra. ORCH. Gustav Mahler. --.

Translation

Gustav Mahler. 1st Symphony 3rd Movement 'Bruder Martin'. Score. Parts. Sheet Music. Orchestra. ORCH. Gustav Mahler. --.

Original

The tune 'Brother John,' or 'Bruder Martin' to Mahler's recognition, is used in the third movement, titled 'Funeral March in the Manner of Callot,' to create a sense of irony. The inspiration for this section was a woodprint from a book of fairy tales. The print depicts forest animals serving as pallbearers at a hunter's forest funeral. The question is not so much, 'Are you sleeping. forever. ' as it is 'Are we mourning or celebrating. ' The animals appear unsure whether to focus on the end of the hunter, or the end of the hunt. Mahler sets the tune in a minor key to stress this irony as the music moves between merriness and brooding. The tune appears as a canon, or round.

Translation

The tune 'Brother John,' or 'Bruder Martin' to Mahler's recognition, is used in the third movement, titled 'Funeral March in the Manner of Callot,' to create a sense of irony. The inspiration for this section was a woodprint from a book of fairy tales. The print depicts forest animals serving as pallbearers at a hunter's forest funeral. The question is not so much, 'Are you sleeping. forever. ' as it is 'Are we mourning or celebrating. ' The animals appear unsure whether to focus on the end of the hunter, or the end of the hunt. Mahler sets the tune in a minor key to stress this irony as the music moves between merriness and brooding. The tune appears as a canon, or round.