Saxophone Quartet (SATB), Advanced

The title translates "Silly Fantasy". The opening cadenzas (one for each player) try hard to be serious, then the shenanigans ensue. Here's a short verion with key moments: short.

Saxophone Ensemble (8 - SAAATTTB), Advanced

When Mahler's 1st Symphony premiered in 1889, the saxophone was still finding its footing in the world, having been invented 49 years prior. We don't know Mahler's thoughts on the brass-woodwind hybrid. But we can wonder no more what mess

This is a close transcription with virtually no new material. It is, of course, heavily adapted to trim 20 minutes down to 7:30 and an orchestra down to 8 saxophones. 

Mahler's German instructions have been translated (e.g., mit großer wildheit = with great wildness) as well as all articulation and dynamic markings insofar as they work for saxophones.