For April Fools Day this year, The New Philharmonia Orchestra in Massachusetts received, courtesy of principal second violinist David Pesetsky, a handy translation guide for the German markings in Mahler’s Symphony #1. It becomes rather obvious that the orchestra had been consistently playing too fast. Which means all markings could have instead been translated as “watch!” or the infamous 2-little-circles-joined-to-make-eyeglasses symbol. (original PDF version) (via The Rest is Noise)