Das Lied von der Erde

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orchestral song cycle symphonic song cycle

Das Lied von der Erde is a large-scale symphonic song cycle by Gustav Mahler that blends orchestral writing with vocal settings of German translations of ancient Chinese poetry.

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Das Lied von der Erde canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral song cycle ⓘ
symphonic song cycle ⓘ
alternativeScoring baritone voice instead of alto ⓘ
approximateDuration about 60 minutes ⓘ
basedOn Die chinesische Flöte ⓘ
German translations of ancient Chinese poetry ⓘ
catalogueNumber none (uncatalogued symphonic work) ⓘ
composer Gustav Mahler ⓘ
compositionEndYear 1909 ⓘ
compositionPeriod Mahler's late period ⓘ
compositionStartYear 1908 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Bruno Walter ⓘ
finalMovementDuration approximately 30 minutes ⓘ
finalMovementTitle Der Abschied ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1912 ⓘ
genre late-Romantic music ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese poetry ⓘ
Mahler's fear of a ninth symphony ⓘ
language German ⓘ
movement Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde ⓘ
Der Abschied ⓘ
Der Einsame im Herbst ⓘ
Der Trunkene im Frühling ⓘ
Von der Jugend ⓘ
Liebst du um Schönheit ⓘ
surface form: Von der Schönheit
notableRecordingArtist Bruno Walter ⓘ
Kathleen Ferrier ⓘ
Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
Otto Klemperer ⓘ
numberOfMovements 6 ⓘ
orchestration expanded woodwind section ⓘ
harp ⓘ
large brass section ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
strings ⓘ
premiereConductor Bruno Walter ⓘ
premiereCountry Germany ⓘ
premiereDate 1911-11-20 ⓘ
premiereOrchestra Munich Philharmonic ⓘ
surface form: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
premierePlace Munich ⓘ
publisher Universal Edition ⓘ
scoredFor alto voice ⓘ
large orchestra ⓘ
tenor voice ⓘ
structure alternating tenor and alto (or baritone) solos ⓘ
textLanguage German ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
farewell ⓘ
nature ⓘ
transience of life ⓘ
translator Hans Bethge ⓘ

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Gustav Mahler → notableWork → Das Lied von der Erde ⓘ
Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp major → follows → Das Lied von der Erde ⓘ
Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp major → relatedWork → Das Lied von der Erde ⓘ