Been a loooong while since I played percussion and maybe I never came across this phrase from a Mahler symphony: mit teller. Instructions to the cymbal player. “With plate”??? Not sure what he’s asking for. Any musicians out there who can give me some more direction? (Jeez, you have to be a natural German to read a Mahler score, I fear.)
Google says: “mit teller” cymbals are crash cymbals, as opposed to suspended cymbals (“mit Schwammschl”).
Funny - I tried Googling a bunch of translation sites, but didn’t start simple - Google the phrase. Thanks. That’s kind of what I suspected, but you never know.
My German husband, who’s an amateur but devoted classical percussionist, says:
- the correct phrase is mit Tellern and
- it means “with [crashing] plates;” that is, a loud banging together of cymbals.