Instantly recognizable, this well-known appropriation by Mahler uses the French nursery rhyme "Frère Jacques" in a minor key, with added note or two. The theme recovers its original bouyancy when, so the symphony's program goes, a funeral procession of forest animals realize their deceased is none other than the hunter.
Gustave Mahler – Symphony No. 1 in D major (1888)
[beginning at 0:18]
Heard here...
"Frère Jacques" (c. 18th century)
[from beginning]
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This blog is intended as a space within which I will share my findings related to classical music appropriation. Many composers in the past have quoted, borrowed, and recycled the themes and melodies of others. Having already noted many such instances, I hope to include the more interesting, and convincing, examples herein.
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