| Work | Composition Date(s) | Premiere | Orchestration | ||||
| Symphony No. 1 (original version) | 1884-88 | Budapest, 20 November1889 | |||||
| Symphony No. 1 (revised version) | 1893-96 | Vienna 1899 | 4 flutes (3rd and f4th double piccolo, 4 oboes (3rd doubles on English horn), 4 clarinets (in B-flat, A, and C, with the 3rd doubling on bass clarinet, and the 4th doubling on E-flat clarinet, 3 bassoons (3 doubles on contrabassoon), 7 horns, 5 trmpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani (2 players), percussion, harp, strings | ||||
| Symphony No. 2 | 1888-94 | Berlin, 4 March 1895 (mvts 1-3); 13 December 1895 (complete) | 4 flutes (one doubles on piccolo), 4 oboes (3rd and 4th double on English horn), 3 clarinets (3rd doubles on bass clarinet), 4 bassoons (4th doubles on contrabassoon), 6 horns, 4 horns off-stage (=horns 7 to 10), 6 trumpets, 4 trumpets off-stage (2 of which become trumpets 5 and 6), 4 trombones, tuba, organ 2 harps, timpani (2 players), percussion, with Rute, strings, Voices: soprano solo, alto solo, mixed chorus | ||||
| Symphony No. 3 | 1893-96 | Berlin, 9 November 1896 (mvt. 2); Berlin, 9 March 1897 (mvts. 2, 3,6);Krefeld,9 June 1902 (complete) | 4 flutes (one doubles on piccolo), 4 oboes (4th doubles on English horn), 3 clarinets (3rd doubles bass clarinet), 2 clarinets in E-flat (2nd E-flat clarinet doubles on B-blat clarinet), 4 bassoons, 4th doubles on contrabassoon, posthorn in B-flat, 8 horns, 4 trumpets (reinforced, if possible, with 2 “high” trumpets), 4 trombones, tuba, 2 harps, strings (basses with a low-C string recommended), timpani (2 players), percussion (include Rute) Voices: alto solo, children’s chorus, women’s chorus | ||||
| Symphony No. 4 | [1892: “Das himmlische Leben” as part of Fünf Humoresken; 1899-1900 (movements 1-3, plus revision of DhL) | Munich, 25 November 1901 | 4 flutes (3rd and 4th double on piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd doubles on English horn), 3 clarinets ( in A, B-flat, and C), with the 2nd doubling on E-flat clarinet, the 3rd on bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (the 3rd doubling on contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, timpani, percussion, (with glockenspiel) strings. Voice: soprano solo | ||||
| Symphony No. 5 | 1901-02 | Cologne, 18 October 1904 | 4 flutes (3rd and 4th double on piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd doubles on English horn), clarinets (3rd doubles on bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (3rd doubles on contrabassoon), 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, timpani (4 players), harp, strings | ||||
| Symphony No. 6 (original) | 1903-04 | Essen, 27 May 1906 | Piccolo, 4 flutes (3rd and 4th double on piccolo), 4 oboes (3rd and 4th double on English horn), English horn, clarinet (in D and E-flat), 3 clarinets (in A and B-flat), bass clarinet, 4 bassoons, contrabassoon, 8 horns, 6 trumpets, 3 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani (2 players), percussion, celesta, xylophone, 2 harps, strings | ||||
| Symphony No. 7 | 1904-05 | Prague, 19 September 1908 | 2 piccolos, 4 flutes (3rd doubles as 2nd piccolo), 3 oboes, English horn, clarinet in E-flat, 3 clarinets (in A and B-flat), bass clarinet (in A and B-flat), 3 bassoons, contrabassoon, tenor horn in B-flat, 4 horns (in F), 3 trumpets (in F and B-flat), 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, strings, 2 harps, mandolin, guitar | ||||
| Symphony No. 8 | 1906-07 | Munich, 12 September 1910 | Piccolo, 4 flutes, 4 oboes, English horn; 2 clarinets in E-flat; 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons, contrabassoon, 8 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani (3 players), percussion, celesta, piano, organ, 2 harps, mandolin, strings, plus 4 trumpets and three trombones off-stage, Voices: 3 soprano (soli), 2 alto (soli), tenor, baritone, bass, children’s choir, mixed choir (in two parts) | ||||
| Das Lied von der Erde | 1907-09 | Munich, 20 November 1911 | Piccolo, 3 flutes (4th doubles on piccolo), 3 clarinets, clarinet E-flat; bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (3rd doubles on contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets; 3 bassoons, tuba, 2 harps, timpani, celesta, mandolin, glockenspiel, percussion, strings. Voices: alto solo (or baritone solo); tenor solo | ||||
| Symphony No. 9 | 1908-09 | Vienna, 26 June 1912 | piccolo, 4 flutes, 4 oboes (4th doubles on English horn), 3 clarinets, clarinet in E-flat, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons (4th doubles on contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani (2 players), percussion, glockenspiel, harp, strings | ||||
| Symphony No. 10 (Adagio) | 1910 | Vienna, 14 October 1924 | |||||
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