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