Richard Pennycuick wrote:
>I was listening to the slow movement of Schubert's Piano Sonata #20 and
>thought how much it anticipated Mahler. Later that day, a TV documentary
>used a military band arrangement of the slow movement of the 2nd piano trio
>and again, the Mahler connection came. I've had the same thought about the
>slow movement of the so-called 10th symphony. Am I reading too much into
>this or have others had the same feeling?
I think that Richard's observations are accurate
.
The similarity is remarkable in the 10 th symphony, present in the late
piano sonatas and in the cello quintet. And it is also present in Die
Wintereise song cycle. Or am I going overboard now?
Bernard Chasan