Listening Guide – Movement 2: Nachtmusik. Allegro moderato
Transcript Like the finale, the second movement is a puzzle to many critics, focusing upon Mahler’s title for the movement nacht musique, literally night music, or more colloquially, a serenade, and his reference to Rembrandt’s painting Nightwatch, many of them relate the movement to the presumed theme of the night. Constantine Floros notably describes the […]