Symphony No. 7 In Full Score

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Summary: Mahlers finest musical hallucination
Review: A reprint of the original Austrian score at a fraction of the price. This least-known of Mahler's works may indeed be his best. A most unorthodox use of symphonic form takes the listener from dark to light, from terror to joy; this work spans all the emotions. Unusual instrumentation, like the tenor horn, mandolin, and guitar add to the bizzare but delightful concoction. It's a tie with Sym. # 4 for my Mahler favorite.

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Summary: Symphony No. 7
Review: I think this Symphony is Mahler's 3rd Best Symphony he ever did. This edition of the work, has everything that is played. I am a young to be conductor, and I analyized it already. I totally disagree with the viewer that says that this edition isnt the best. Well, it is the best.

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Summary: Not Quite Authoritive
Review: While this is a very fine and inexpensive edition of Mahler's 7th Symphony it is not quite authoritive. The original 1909 edition (of which this is ) was riddled with errors that Mahler corrected in his own score. There were so many corrections to be made that when the International Mahler Society of Vienna began to issue definative editions of the scores they started with the one most needing it, the 7th. That was issued in 1959 and is the version that has been used in all recordings and performances since then. So while this Dover edition reproduces the 1st edition it is an edition riddled with errors and no longer used.