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Mahler markings made simple

Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2009-05-10 22:57

Rehearsal memo:

Several weeks ago, we sent you a list of translations of the German
markings in the Mahler Symphony. We now realize that this list
contained many serious errors. The following contains the correct
versions. So we don't waste valuable rehearsal time on this, copy
these corrections into your part immediately.

GERMAN - ENGLISH

Langsam - Slowly

Schleppend - Slowly

Dampfer auf - Slowly

Mit Dampfer - Slowly

Allmahlich in das Hauptzeitmass ubergehen - Do not look at the
conductor

Im Anfang sehr gemaechlich - In intense inner torment

Alle Betonungen sehr zart - With more intense inner torment

Getheilt (geth.) - Out of tune

Von hier an in sehr allmaehlicher aber stetiger Steigerung bis zum
Zeichen - From this point on, the spit valves should be emptied with
ever-increasing emotion

Hier ist ein frisches belebtes Zeitmass eingetreten - Slowly

Haupttempo - Slowly

Noch ein wenig beschleunigend - Slowing down but with a sense of
speeding up

Immer noch zurueckhaltend - With steadily decreasing competence

Sehr gemaechlich - With indescribably horrific inner torment

Etwas bewegter, aber immer noch sehr ruhig - Somewhat louder, though
still inaudible as before

Alle Betonungen sehr zart - With smallish quantities of fairly mild
inner torment

Gemaechlich - Intermission

Ganz unmerklich etwas zurueckhaltend - Slowly

Etwas gemaechlicher als zuvor - Slowly

Von hier ab unmerklich breiter werden - As if wild animals were
gnawing on your liver

Ohne cresc. - Without toothpaste

Immer noch etwas zurueckhaltend - Slowly

Vorwaerts draengend - Slowly

Hauptzeitmass - Slowly

Allmaehlich etwas lebhafter - Screaming in agony

Ohne Nachschl(age) - Without milk (sugar)

Kraeftig bewegt - Slowly

Mit dem Holze zu streichen - Like a hole in the head

Mit Parodie - Viola solo

Sehr einfach und schlicht, wie eine Volksweise - Slowly

Daempfer ab - Eyes closed

Ploetzlich viel schneller - Even more ploddingly

Den ersten Ton scharf herausgehoben - Do not play until the buzzer
sounds

Am Griffbrett - As if in tune

Aeusserst zart, aber ausdrucksvoll - Radiantly joyful, despite the
itching

Wieder zurueckhaltend - Increasingly decreasing

Noch breiter als vorher - Better late than never

Nicht eilen - No eels

Allmaehlich (unmerklich) etwas zurueckhaltend - Much faster (slower)
than conductor

Lang gestrichen - Heads up

Lang gezogen - Heads back down

Die werden allmaehlich staerker und staerker bis zum (fp) - In the
event of a water landing, your seat cushion may be used as a
flotation device

:)

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Re: Mahler markings made simple

Author: Noqu
Date: 2009-05-11 08:16

Absolutely brilliant - as a native German speaker, you literally had me loughing out loud (my colleagues in the office started to ask what I was reading ...).

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Re: Mahler markings made simple

Author: Bassie
Date: 2009-05-11 08:47

Genius. ROTFLMAO.

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Re: Mahler markings made simple

Author: Dileep Gangolli
Date: 2009-05-11 11:59

Thanks David. This definitely will save me and my colleagues a great deal of time in the future. I will make sure to pass it around.

Do you have any good translations for French and Italian terminology because that can be confusing for us Americans as well.

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Re: Mahler markings made simple

Author: mrn
Date: 2009-05-11 14:26

David wrote:

<<Von hier ab unmerklich breiter werden - As if wild animals were
gnawing on your liver>>

This one had me perplexed for some time. Thanks for clearing this up!

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