Gustav Mahler - an amazing hardly known draft for a symphonic Scherzo in c-minor

[gprengel]

Hi, in the last 2 weeks I had the joy to find an uncompleted draft by Mahler for a Scherzo in c-minor - of course I could not resist and made an attempt to complete it - what do you think?

https://youtu.be/DbMBdo8odVU?si=g1JInH9h2GTkiS3G

Gerd

[Alan Howe]

Could you supply more information about this manuscript, please?

[gprengel]

Could you supply more information about this manuscript, please?

See https://symposium.music.org/24/item/1964-mahlers-sketches-for-a-scherzo-in-c-minor-and-a-presto-in-f-major.html

[Mark Thomas]

A fascinating article. Thanks, Gerd.

[Alan Howe]

Many thanks for this information. I note that the commentary is 40 years old. Has there been any subsequent literature on the subject and, if so, where can it be consulted? And have there been any earlier attempts at completion?

Here's the score: https://imslp.org/wiki/Scherzo_in_C_minor_(Mahler%2C_Gustav)

[Alan Howe]

...to answer my own question, I've found this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhpfyQhb0qg

[gprengel]

Yes, by this I video I first read of this draft 2 weeks ago. But this does not really sound well to my ears, so I tried to do my own orchestration... I have no idea, why this draft is so ignored - especially now when Mahler has become so popular in the recent decades...