His 8th symphony was nicknamed for the immense number of musicians needed to perform it.
Deryck Cooke's completion of this composer's tenth symphony included a Purgatorio movement between two scherzos. The Adagietto from this composer's fifth symphony is frequently extracted and played separately. One of his works uses a two-part form pairing the hymn "Veni, creator spiritus" with excerpts from Goethe's Faust. "Of Youth" and "Of Beauty" are movements in his six-movement symphony inspired by Hans Bethge's translations of Chinese poetry, Song of the Earth. His 8th symphony was nicknamed for the immense number of musicians needed to perform it. For 10 points, name this Austrian composer of Symphony of a Thousand and the Titan Symphony.
Deryck Cooke's completion of this composer's tenth symphony included a Purgatorio movement between two scherzos.
Gustav Mahler