By: Gustav Mahler
Arranged: Brian Aguilar
Time:  2:02
Grade:  3
Price:  $65.00

This gorgeous brass chorale, taken from Gustav Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection), movement 5, is the focus of this powerful arrangement for Concert Band. The title of the arrangement, What Was Created, Must Perish, is taken from Mahler’s adaption of Die Auferstehung by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, a poem that Mahler rewrote (aside from the opening 8 lines) as text for the Symphony.

What Was Created mp3            What Was Created Score Sample

Instrumentation:

Piccolo
Flute 1, 2
Oboe
Bassoon
Bb Clarinet 1, 2, 3
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
BBb Contra Bass Clarinet
Alto Sax 1, 2
Tenor Sax
Bari Sax
F Horn 1, 2
Bb Trumpet 1, 2, 3
Trombone (divisi)
Baritone BC
Baritone TC
Tuba
Double Bass
Timpani
Marimba
Xylo
Vibes
Glockenspiel
Chimes
Percussion 1, 2, 3, 4