Bruno David Ussher schreibt in seiner Kritik zur Ersten Symphonie von Mahler im Los Angeles Evening Express Nr. 293 auf S. 20:

"[...] Whereas the romantic nature mood of the opening movement more generally follows the Schubert-Bruckner line of distantly, folk-wise melodic, in rather extensive rambles, this Scherzo absolutely belongs to a village near Vienna. [...]."