Mahler Symphony No. 1 - 3rd Movement - Listening Guide

Solemnly and measured, without dragging, very simple, like a folk-tune, once again somewhat more agitated, as at the start. A funeral march based on the children’s song “Frère Jacques” (or “Bruder Jacob”). The third movement acts as the slow movement in the four-movement plan. The extra-musical idea behind it is that of a hunter’s funeral and a procession of animals that follows.---A listening guide of Symphony No. 1 - 3rd Movement with Lew Smoley.