Urlicht

Gustav Mahler

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General Info

Year: 1894 / 2008
Duration:
Difficulty: III 1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Band Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €97.50

Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

Urlicht, which translate from German as "Primeval Light," is the fourth movement of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2, the Resurrection Symphony.

The symphony was written between 1888 and 1894, and first performed in 1895. Apart from the Eighth Symphony, this symphony was Mahler's most popular and successful work during his lifetime. It was his first major work that established his lifelong view of the beauty of afterlife and resurrection. In this large work, the composer further developed the creativity of "sound of the distance" and creating a "world of its own", aspects already seen in his First Symphony.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

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Performances

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Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (Jacksonville, Fla.) Wind Symphony (Ted Shistle, conductor) – 19 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 Southern Division Conference, Charleston, S.C.)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adagietto (arr. Hautvast) (1902/2002)
Adagietto from "Symphony No 5" (arr. Shishikura) (1902/2015)
Blumine (tr. Dohmen) (1884/2020)
Chorale, March and Coda from "Symphony No 2" (1894/)
Der Tamboursg’sell (1901)
Finale from Symphony No. 1 (arr. Mertens) (1888/1996)
Finale from Symphony No. 1 in D "Titan" (arr. Schneider) (1888/2015)
Finale from the 3rd Symphony (arr. Mertens) (1894-1896/1985)
Finale to "Symphony No 3" (arr. Saucedo) (1894-1896/2002)
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (arr. Bowlin) (1884/1892/1896/)
Rückert-Lieder (tr. Andrew J. Putnam) (1901-1902/)
Movement Four from "Symphony No 4" (arr. Hiller) (1901/2013?)
Musings on Mahler (arr. Bough) (2018)
Resurrection Chorale (tr. Austin) (1894/2021)
Rondo Burleske (arr. Gorb) (1909-1910/2011)
Sinfonie Nr 7 Rondo Finale (arr. Ishizuya) (1904-1905/2007)
Symphony No. 1 Finale. See: Finale from Symphony No. 1 in D "Titan"
Symphony No. 3 (arr. Shaefer, Patterson, Reynolds) (1894-1896/1906/)
Symphony No 3 Finale (Excerpts) (arr. Reynolds) (1894-96/1971)
Three Angels Were Singing a Sweet Song (arr. Roach) (1896/2008)
Um Mitternacht (1901)
Urlicht (arr. Vertommen) (1894/2008)
Urlicht (arr. Hanna) (1894/2002)

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Gustav Mahler." Accessed 5 February 2016.
List of Compositions by Gustav Mahler, Wikipedia Accessed 5 February 2016
Symphony No. 2 (Mahler), Wikipedia Accessed 5 February 2016