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There were various timings from various Mahler performances - 7, 8 and even 9 minutes [nt]

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Chris from Lafayette

In Reply to: RE: Oh dear... posted by Mel on July 28, 2017 at 03:53:40

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RE: Probably the Last Word on Mahler's Own Adagietto Timings - Mel 19:39:06 07/31/17 (1)
- A Dirge? No. It's a Love Song. (Open in New Window)
- Yup - 7-9 minutes (and, actually, that's a pretty wide range in itself) - Chris from Lafayette 10:58:30 08/02/17 (0)
  OTOH, I don't mind 10-11 minutes sometimes. Some conductors can pull that off. 12-and-a-half and slower is stretching the bounds of credibility! ;-)
  
  I think where Kaplan fails to be convincing (at least to me) is when he makes a one-to-one association between a seven-minute performance (=love song, according to Kaplan) and a 12+ minute performance (=dirge, according to Kaplan). It's really not that simple, and music is acting at a more abstract level in any case.
  
  I also found both his recordings of the Resurrection Symphony sufficiently uninteresting not to keep them around for very long. Overall, though, I think that his article you linked to was well argued, with the exception I noted.

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