Tonal Strategy in the First Movement of Mahler's Tenth Symphony

Authors

V. Kofi Agawu, CUNY Graduate CenterFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 1986

Abstract

During his summer retreat of 1910, Mahler sketched a five-movement symphony in F# major that was to be his tenth. He did not live to see the work completed. In spite of this, or rather because of it, the Tenth has accumulated a fascinating history, evident in the series of attempts to "realize" Mahler sketches, the best known of which is Deryck Cooke's "performing version."

Comments

This article was originally published in 19th-Century Music, available at https://doi.org/10.2307/746528