the
Stichvorlage of all five movements,
written by Behn in black ink for Piano I and Piano II on three systems per page, each of four staves, with many revised passages notated on small slips of paper pasted into the score, three bars blacked out at the start of the third movement, copious annotations, including lists of the orchestration and notes for the engraver, marked by the publisher in blue crayon and pencil, and by the engravers ("98978"), rehearsal numbers in red ink, dated at the end of each movement ("26 Juli 1895", "13 August 1895", 26.August 1895", "26.August 1895", "9.August 1895" and "13.November 1895");
132 pages, 4to (29.5 x 22cm), including title and remarks, 12-stave light-green paper, rehearsal numbers in red crayon, grey reversed calf, blind-stamped border, black-gilt label to cover ("Symphonie in C-moll von Gustav Mahler...Hermann Behn"), Tinnendorf, July-November 1895, together with, on a bifolium of different 12-stave paper (loosely inserted), Behn's manuscript of the fourth movement ("Urlicht") with accompaniment of only piano, 3 pages,