Hey, could somebody help me out a little....in the song Good Love there's a reference in there a couple times over about "Gustaf mahla(sp?) # 3 jamming on the box" For years I always assmed (for whatever reason) it was a bit of classical music. Anyone clue me in? thanks

VDubblin said:

Yeah, you're right. Gustav Mahler was a Czech composer that died in the early 1900s. He composed like ten symphonies. He was also a famous conductor.

VDubblin said:

hey man!

gustav mahler was a really big componist and lived from 1860 to 1911 first in Bohemia and then in Austria! he is named nearly in one row with mozart, beethoven ....

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thanks guys! I gotta say i'm pretty impressed with my spelling. i thought i was way off. So i'm gonna look up # 3 and see if it's any good. thanks again, j

alldayallnight said:

He was Austrian, and he completed 9 symphonies. (His tenth symphony was unfinished - as I recall it only had a sketch of the first movement and was 'completed' by Derek Cooke.

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so you guys seem to be pretty up on his stuff. any good? No. 3 or otherwise? i've got a fairly mature ear and flawless pitch(joking) and love good classical music only i'm not well versed in what's good. any ideas? thanks again, j

I have a CD somewhere that has Gustav Mahler #3 on it. I'll see if I can dig it out and rip the song. I was so curious back then to hear the track that I bought a classical CD of his to check it out. Prince can be so random! But he did get me listen to some other music

P.S. - Amazon has some samples of #3 you can listen to:
http://www.amazon.com/exe...6?v=glance

Here you go:

http://www.sarahbacon.com...umber3.mp3

Enjoy!

VDubblin said:

Mahler's symphonies are major classical works: his most well-known is probably Symphony No 5, its popularity partly due to the Adagietto (4th movement) which was used in the opening scenes of Visconti's film of 'Death In Venice'. It's as good a starting point as any.

Of the symphonies, the third isn't that often performed (relative to some of the others) - it's in six movements and the fifth movement uses a choir.

Mahler's various song suites (piano and voice) are also worth exploring if you enjoy that style of music, although they often pursue rather sombre themes.

thanks again for the links and details, that's very cool of everyone.

sbacon1999 said:

You're so good to us!

Thanks a million!!