His music drifts from room to room
Now filled with hope then dulled with doom
A symphony, his fourth by Mahler
An out- and- out melodic drama
His raucous notes played volume high
Stir memories of times gone by
Sounds of hope and then despair
Pulsating on the evening air
For happy once were she and I
As swallows in a summer’s sky
But now those times are decades past
Hindsight dictates they couldn’t last
A Mahler movement fosters hope
No time to brood no time to mope
New times are come and sadness banished
Dark thoughts of past times truly vanished
Look far up high to starry heights
Away from black and dismal nights
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Classicmister (
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One of my favourite composers and especially his fourth - great write C.
Thanks for your response Michael - I discovered Mahler about ten years ago and play his symphonies often - His fifth is probably my favourite though his fourth the most lyrical and a good one to start with. Go well John
an aptly Romantic dedication
as melodic, as Mahler's
timeless symphonies..
thanks for sharing
Thanks for responding LBM - I agree his symphonies are timeless although he was better known in his day as a conductor - At ten he wrote more symphonies the Beethoven though he never finished his tenth but well worth a listen. John
You chose my favourite Mahler piece John and how well your rhyme your take on his majestically romantic movements.
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