![]() ![]() ![]() This lack of direct confrontation may be due to their common source, the spirit of nihilism, the first of the active sword, the second passive.Ī few moments of relief occurred during the calmer middle section when the fierce onslaught of the first subject disappears in a ray of light that shines through the lurid darkness. They appear side by side without engaging one another. Similarly, this subsidiary theme, with its light dance step rhythm relates to the lander of the proceeding movement, but the demonic first subject never becomes embattled with this carefree subsidiary theme. For example, a subsidiary theme is coyly playful, a trivial little tune that could well be intended as a parody of innocence or naivety as in the Sixth Symphony scherzo. Yet the rondo burlesque, as the title implies, is not devoid of width and mimicry. It would seem that the life-negating forces of the first movement strengthened by their victory, seek to only destroy what they have defeated. Only the second movement of the fifth is comparable in raging fury and savage brutality. Instead, it reveals the ferocious and violent side of the demonic spirit. Unlike the principal subjects of the scherzo of the sixth and seventh symphonies, however, the ninth scherzo is neither mocking nor parodic. In the third movement, as in so many of Mahler’s scherzo’s, his inner demon takes center stage, it has been aptly referred to as Mahler’s dance macabre. ![]()
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