Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)
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The Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major by Gustav Mahler is one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire. As it requires huge instrumental and vocal forces it is frequently cal
Mahler's composing hut at Maiernigg, where the Eighth Symphony was composed in summer 1906
A ticket for the premiere of the Eighth Symphony, Munich, 12 September 1910
The Neue Musik-Festhalle, venue of the premiere, now part of the transportation centre of the Deutsches Museum
Program for the US premiere of Mahler's Eighth Symphony, Philadelphia, March 1916
Veni Creator Spiritus
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Veni Creator Spiritus is a traditional Christian hymn believed to have been written by Rabanus Maurus, a ninth-century Frankish Benedictine monk, teacher, archbishop, and saint. When the original Lati
Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)
…of the work is unconventional: instead of the normal framework of several movements, the piece is in two parts. Part I is based on the Latin text of Veni creator spiritus ("Come, Creator Spirit"), a ninth-century Christian hymn for Pentecost, and Part II is a setting of the words from the closing scene of Goethe's Faust…
First verse