The unusual orchestration of this musical work calls for four off-stage horns and trumpets, unorthodox percussion instruments like tam-tams and a bundle of sticks called "ruthe", and a second percussion group to be "heard in the distance". Consisting of five movements, the first three concern the death of the "hero", his youthful optimism, and his confrontation of life's vulgarities. The human voice is first introduced in the fourth movement, entitled "Urlicht", or "Primal Light", and is based on the composer's own song from his cycle "Des Knaben Wunderhorn", while the final movement is based on a poem by Klopstock which gives the symphony its name. FTP, what is this symphony, the second by Gustav Mahler?
The unusual orchestration of this musical work calls for four off-stage horns and trumpets, unorthodox percussion instruments like tam-tams and a bundle of sticks called "ruthe", and a second percussion group to be "heard in the distance". Consisting of five movements, the first three concern the death of the "hero", his youthful optimism, and his confrontation of life's vulgarities. The human voice is first introduced in the fourth movement, entitled "Urlicht", or "Primal Light", and is based on the composer's own song from his cycle "Des Knaben Wunderhorn", while the final movement is based on a poem by Klopstock which gives the symphony its name. FTP, what is this symphony, the second by Gustav Mahler?
The unusual orchestration of this musical work calls for four off-stage horns and trumpets, unorthodox percussion instruments like tam-tams and a bundle of sticks called "ruthe", and a second percussion group to be "heard in the distance".
Resurrection Symphony or Mahler's Second Symphony