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Laurence Dreyfus uncovered a letter in which this symphony’s intended conductor wrote “Consider me an ass, I don’t mind,” and declined to premiere it. The main theme of this symphony’s first movement begins with a pickup sixteenth and a double-dotted half note, and later forms the so-called “announcement of death.” This symphony’s D-flat major Adagio lasts (-5[1])approximately 27 minutes in both of Eugen Jochum’s (“OY-gun YOH-kum’s”) studio recordings (-5[1])of its Nowak (“NOH-vack”) edition. This symphony marks its composer’s second use of Wagner tubas, (10[1])after his previous symphony’s commemoration (-5[1])of Wagner’s death. Its scherzo (10[1]-5[2])(“SKAIRT-soh”) features the recurring (-5[1])“C, (10[1])E-flat, F, high G, low G” (10[1])“Deutscher (10[1])Michel” (10[1])(“DOY-cher MISH-ull”) theme. (10[1])This C-minor symphony was the last one its composer completed before his 1896 death. (0[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this penultimate symphony by (10[1])the Austrian (-5[1])composer of the “Romantic” (10[2]-5[1])Symphony. (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[4])

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