April 2 - April 8 Listening/Composer Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the weeks during which the listening is assigned.)

Gustav Mahler

Composer

http://www.dsokids.com/listen/ComposerDetail.aspx?composerID=25

And YouTube link (watch at least a minimum of 5 minutes. If you have time, watch the entire thing!Listen so carefully to the different colors of sound there are and the articulate phrasing with everything):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi7kb4U7VsE

Question: How many symphonies did Mahler write? What was your favorite symphony excerpt to listen to (on the composer page and the YouTube link)?