Leonard Bernstein - Vienna

Simon Rattle - Berlin

Mahler Piano Roll

The Interpretive History of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony:

Conscious and Unconscious Nuance in Music Performance

By: Timothy Quinlan

What is best in music is not to be found in the notes.

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1 Jurg Stenzl. trans Irene Zedlacher. “In Search of a History of Musical Interpretation”. The Musical Quartely 79, No.4 (Winter, 1995): 693. 2 Mahler Records, “Symphony No.5”. http://www.mahlerrecords.com/ (accessed Dec. 3, 2005) 3 Gilbert Kaplan. “Mahler's music: The debate over interpretation”. Muziek & Wetenschap 5 (1995/1996): 321. 4 Stenzl, 686. 5 Stenzl, 686. 6 Jose A. Bowen. “The History of Remembered Innovation: Tradition and its Role in the Relationship between Musical Works and their Performances”. The Journal of Musicology 11, No.2 (Spring, 1993): 139. 7 Bowen, 141. 8 Bowen, 141. 9 Natalie Bauer-Lechner. Recollections of Gustav Mahler. (London,1980), 141. 10 Norman Lebrecht. “The Variability of Mahler’s Performances”. The Musical Times 131, No.1768 (Jun.,1990): 302. 11 Stenzl, 687-692. 12 Stenzl,693. 13 Paul Banks. “Aspects of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony: performance practice and interpretation.” The Musical Times 130, No. 1755. (May, 1989): 259. 14 Gustav Mahler, “Symphony No.5,” Welte Mignon Piano Rolls, 1995, Intercord, ASIN: B000005A94. This occurs at 1:00 into Mahler’s piano roll, all further timings will be submitted as well as footnotes. 15 Gustav Mahler, “Symphony No.5,” Mahler: Symphony No.5, 2002, EMI, ASIN: B00006I9K2. Simon Rattle 1:10. 16 Gustav Mahler, “Symphony No.5,” Mahler: Symphony No.5, 2000, Deutsche Grammophon, ASIN: B000001G9F. Leonard Bernstein 1:17 17 Rattle 12:51, Mahler 12:44, Bernstein 14:31 (timings are taken from the start of the first note to the immediate silence after the last note, not the track lengths themselves). 18 Floros, Constantin. Gustav Mahler, The Symphonies. Trans.Vernon and Jutta Wicker. (Cambridge, 1997). Floros’ analysis of the fifth symphony is used her for a general formal outline. 19 Mahler piano roll 3:47. 20 Rattle 4:07, Bernstein 4:49 21 Floros, 143. 22 Rattle 10:08, Bernstein 11:21, Mahler 9:45. 23 Mahler piano roll 6:27 24 Bernstein 7:38 25 Rattle 6:40 26 Mahler Symphony No.5, DVD, Directed by Bob Coles (2002, EMI Classics). Simon Rattle’s opinions were expressed in an interview conducted by Nicolas Kenyon at Radley College in August, 2002 and made available on this DVD. http://www.mahlerrecords.com/shapeimage_3_link_0
Works Cited Banks, Paul. “Aspects of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony: performance practice and interpretation.” The Musical Times 130, No. 1755. (May, 1989): 258-265. Bauer-Lechner, Natalie. Recollections of Gustav Mahler. (London,1980). Bowen, Jose A. “The History of Remembered Innovation: Tradition and its Role in the Relationship between Musical Works and their Performances”. The Journal of Musicology 11, No.2 (Spring, 1993): 139-173. Floros, Constantin. Gustav Mahler, The Symphonies. Trans.Vernon and Jutta Wicker. (Cambridge, 1997). Kaplan, Gilbert E. “Mahler's music: The debate over interpretation”. Muziek & Wetenschap 5 (1995/1996): 321-326. Kaplan, Gilbert E.. “Mahler and Tradition. Is There or Isn't There?” The Musical Times 133, No. 1797. (Nov., 1992): 559-563. Kaplan, Gilbert E., Schmitz, Hans W. “The Mahler Piano Rolls.” The Musical Times 134, No. 1803. (May, 1993): 252-253. Lebrecht, Norman. “The Variability of Mahler’s Performances”. The Musical Times 131, No.1768 (Jun.,1990): 302-304 Mahler Records, “Symphony No.5”. http://www.mahlerrecords.com/ (accessed Dec. 3, 2005) Mahler Symphony No.5. DVD. Directed by Bob Coles. EMI Classics, 2002. Mahler, Gustav. “Symphony No.5,” Welte Mignon Piano Rolls, 1995, Intercord, ASIN: B000005A94. Mahler, Gustav. “Symphony No.5,” Mahler: Symphony No.5, 2002, EMI, ASIN: B00006I9K2. (Simon Rattle). Mahler, Gustav. “Symphony No.5,” Mahler: Symphony No.5, 2000, Deutsche Grammophon, ASIN: B000001G9F. (Leonard Bernstein). Mahler, Gustav. Symphony No.5. Music Score. (New York: Dover Publications, 1991). Mahler, Gustav. “Symphony No.5,” Mahler: Symphony No.5, 2000, Deutsche Grammophon, ASIN: B000001G9F. (Leonard Bernstein). Mahler, Gustav. Symphony No.5. Music Score. (New York: Dover Publications, 1991). Stenzl, Jurg. trans Irene Zedlacher. “In Search of a History of Musical Interpretation”. The Musical Quartely 79, No.4 (Winter, 1995): 683-699. http://www.mahlerrecords.com/shapeimage_4_link_0