After completing the symphony, Mahler composed a 20-minute symphonic poem, Totenfeier "Funeral Rites", which later became the first movement of his Second Symphony.
Logo de finalizar a sinfonía, Mahler compuxo un poema sinfónica de vinte minutos, Totenfeier ("Ritos funerarios"), que posteriormente converteríase no primeiro movemento da súa Segunda Sinfonía.