Like its composer's next two symphonies, it sets poems from Der Knaben Wunderhorn.
The second subject of this work's first movement begins in E major but ends in E-flat minor. This work's third movement is extensively quoted in the third movement of Luciano Berio's Sinfonia and climaxes with a "cry of despair". The words "O red rose!" open this work's fourth movement in which a Jewish melody accompanies a mezzo-soprano soloist. That movement is titled "Urlicht". The opening of this work's fifth movement invokes a "last judgment" along with what its composer called the "march of the dead", and incorporates a poem by Freidrich Klopstock, which gives this symphony its nickname. Like its composer's next two symphonies, it sets poems from Der Knaben Wunderhorn. For 10 points, name this symphony by Gustav Mahler, the one after Titan.
The second subject of this work's first movement begins in E major but ends in E-flat minor.
Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 [or The Resurrection; or Die Auferstehung; or Mahler's Second Symphony; or other equivalents]