Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) of the symphony have been made by many of the world's leading orchestras and singers, mostly during live performances. Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) The Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major by Gustav Mahler is one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire. Because it requires huge instrumental and vocal forces it is frequently called the "Symphony of a Thousand", although the work is normally presented with far fewer than a thousand performers and the composer did not sanction that name. The work was composed in a single inspired burst, at Maiernigg in southern Austria in the summer
Nagauta Symphony Nagauta Symphony The Nagauta Symphony is a symphony in one movement composed in 1934 by Japanese composer Kosaku Yamada. Kosaku Yamada was the first major Japanese composer to study the European tradition, and the first to write in the symphonic and operatic forms. He was responsible for introducing Japanese audiences to much of the European orchestral tradition through his conducting. In his compositions, Yamada had been working to combine European traditions with Japanese classical music since at least 1921, when he composed "Inno Meiji" which combined Japanese and western instruments. Composed in 1934, the "Nagauta Symphony" represented the culmination of