Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

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Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen is a song cycle by Gustav Mahler that sets his own texts to music, exploring themes of unrequited love and wandering in a late-Romantic orchestral and vocal style.

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Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen canonical 2

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instanceOf orchestral song cycle
song cycle
accompanimentType orchestral accompaniment
piano accompaniment
catalogueNumber WAB-free (uncatalogued by Mahler himself)
composer Gustav Mahler
compositionEndYear 1885
compositionStartYear 1883
countryOfOrigin Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary
cycleOrder 1
firstPerformanceCity Berlin
firstPerformanceConductor Gustav Mahler
firstPerformanceYear 1896
form through-composed songs
genre Lied
late-Romantic music
hasTitleTranslation Songs of a Wayfarer
surface form: Songs of a Travelling Journeyman

Songs of a Wayfarer
influencedBy Des Knaben Wunderhorn (song settings)
surface form: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
keyOfFirstSong D minor
keyOfFourthSong E minor
keyOfSecondSong D major
keyOfThirdSong D minor
language German
movement Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz
Ging heut’ Morgen über’s Feld
Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer
Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
notableFeature motivic links to Mahler’s Symphony No. 1
self-authored poetic texts by the composer
numberOfSongs 4
orchestrationYear 1893
period Romantic
placeOfFirstPublication Vienna
publisher Weinberger
sharesMaterialWith Mahler Symphony No. 1
surface form: Symphony No. 1 (Gustav Mahler)
style late-Romantic orchestral and vocal writing
subject a young journeyman
lost love
textAuthor Gustav Mahler
theme unrequited love
wandering
typicalVoiceType baritone
mezzo-soprano
vocalForces voice and orchestra
voice and piano

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Gustav Mahler notableWork Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Symphony No. 1 in D major basedOn Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen