Mahler's symphony of this number includes the character of the Mater Gloriosa in its setting of the closing scene from Goethe's Faust.
Schubert's only chamber work scored for both strings and winds is written for this many instruments. Stravinsky included variations, such as a cancan and a fugato in 5/8, in a work for this many instruments that is often considered the first of his "Neoclassical" period. A scale alternating between half-steps and whole-steps is named for the fact that it contains this many different pitches. Mendelssohn's Opus (*) 20 is for this many strings. Beethoven's symphony of this number is his last to feature a third-movement minuet, and purportedly imitates a metronome in its second movement. Mahler's symphony of this number includes the character of the Mater Gloriosa in its setting of the closing scene from Goethe's Faust. That symphony of this number also sets the "Veni creator spiritus" hymn and requires several vocal soloists and three choirs. For 10 points, name this number of the "Symphony of a Thousand".
Schubert's only chamber work scored for both strings and winds is written for this many instruments.
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