Tim Hu wrote:
>Did the Bacchanale theme from Glazunov's Seasons have any influence on
>Mahler when he composed the final movement of his 5th Symphony? There is
>a theme in that movement that (to my ears) really sound like the ballet
>from 3 years (and a century) earlier.
Thanks for sharing that find. I just listened to the Bacchanale. It has
a theme that is strikingly similar to a theme in the finale of Mahler's
5th. I can't answer your question, however.
I enjoy finding examples where Mahler (apparently) borrowed from other
composers. Someone told me about a comic strip from Mahler's time, that
showed Mahler carrying a stack of music scores from various composers.
Someone asked him what he was doing with the scores, and he replied, "I'm
going to write a symphony".
Mike