Talk:Symphony No. 7 (Mahler)

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[edit] Cornet? and Euphonium?

Is there a cornet used in this symphony? The Gustav Mahler page had a mention of one, but I took it away, since there is no cornet mentioned in this article. A. Wang ^{(talk/contrb.)} 22:24, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

The euphonium page listed that this symphony uses a euphonium. There is no mention is this article. A Wang ^{(talk/contrb.)} 13:49, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

It's quite possible that a euphonium is sometimes used in place of the tenor horn, but that's just an educated guess. --Camembert 17:46, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Key

We state that the symphony is in E minor, without any mention that this key signature is not universally accepted. I've also seen references to it being in B minor. JackofOz 02:11, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

E minor is considered part of the name itself. That is why it was there. Justin Tokke 12:12, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Saying that this symphony belongs to any single key is highly problematic. For starters, it begins on a B minor chord with a major sixth and ends on C major. I personally think that Mahler was trying to move beyond the idea of entire works in single keys, and instead evolving tonality to a new level beyond those of his predecessors.Takingiteasy17 03:12, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

A Good example of this is Mahler's 5th Symphony where the C# minor in the begining acts as a leading tone to the finale in D major. Deleting the key would be fine but the most accepted key anotation is E minor for this symphony. As I recall, the majority of it is also in E minor. Justin Tokke 19:59, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Very poor musical descriptions

The entire section dealing specifically with the different movements and describing them reads more like a CD review in Rolling Stone magizine than an encyclopedic entry. They should be removed completely and if they must be rewritten it should be an objective description of events, rather than all these loaded words. Takingiteasy17takingiteasy17 —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 03:02, 18 September 2007 (UTC)