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Which texts did Gustav Mahler use in the two parts of Symphony No. 8?
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Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major is structured in two expansive parts, each utilizing a distinct text:12
- Part One: Mahler set the ancient Roman Catholic Pentecost hymn, Veni creator spiritus ("Come, creator spirit").12
- Part Two: Mahler set the final scene from Part Two of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s epic drama-in-verse, Faust, which depicts the redemption of Faust’s soul.12