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Offline mahler09

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M9 Premiere
« on: June 27, 2010, 02:13:45 AM »
M9 premiered today in 1912.  (I celebrated by listening to a few recordings; Although I love everything Mahler wrote, this is my favorite piece by him). 
What changes/directions do you think Mahler would have added to the symphony had he lived to undergo his normal process of revisions?
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Offline Russ Smiley

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Re: M9 Premiere
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2010, 03:37:42 AM »
I'm no musicologist, but I have long wondered if he would have added more percussion 'highlights' (cymbals, triangle. etc.) to III.
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Offline BeethovensQuill

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Re: M9 Premiere
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2010, 10:56:28 AM »
Its hard to imagine the changes, for me Mahler 9 is perfect the way it is, and one of my favourite pieces of music of all time. 
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Offline waderice

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Re: M9 Premiere
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2010, 08:34:19 PM »
Had Mahler lived, I believe he might have made some changes in the orchestration of the middle movements.  At what spots and instrumental areas, I can't exactly say, but from what I hear, somehow I feel some changes might have been made.  I think he would have left the outer movements the way they are.

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