[+] Redlich, Hans Ferdinand. "The Creative Achievement of Gustav Mahler." The Musical Times 101 (July 1960): 418-21.
This article locates Mahler's music historically and analyzes its expression. While the incorporation of his own songs into the symphonies could function as "signposts for the intellectual appreciation of the hidden programme," the handling of deliberately trivial melodies symbolizes "experiences of despair or of heartlacerating self-irony." The parody of Frère Jacques in the First and a melody of a Viennese military cortège in the Fifth Symphony belong to the latter category.
Works: Mahler: Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 8.
Index Classifications: 1800s, 1900s
Contributed by: Andreas Giger
