Welcome @gussiefinknottle, yes as you say it is first improvised and then developed as a musical form. And wow, yes, this is mahlers motif from the beginning of the "klagendes Lied", I wasn't aware of that. But I love mahlers music it is fantastic and I definitely am inspired by the german romantic composers, so perhaps I am using some motifs in a similar way intuitively. Thank you very much for your insightful reply!
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Just one of the those strange coincidences - there are only 12 notes after all. It's a great little motiv, which is why it's in my head from the Mahler.