Kindertotenlieder
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Kindertotenlieder is a song cycle for voice and orchestra by Gustav Mahler, setting Friedrich Rückert’s poems about the death of children to deeply introspective and elegiac music.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kindertotenlieder canonical | 2 |
| Kindertodtenlieder by Friedrich Rückert | 1 |
| Kindertotenlieder (song cycle by Gustav Mahler) | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
orchestral song cycle
ⓘ
song cycle ⓘ |
| associatedWithComposer | Mahler’s middle period ⓘ |
| authorOfText | Friedrich Rückert ⓘ |
| basedOn | poems by Friedrich Rückert ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | no official opus number ⓘ |
| composer | Gustav Mahler ⓘ |
| compositionEndDate | 1904 ⓘ |
| compositionStartDate | 1901 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| firstConductor | Gustav Mahler ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1905-01-29 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Vienna ⓘ |
| firstPerformerVoiceType | baritone ⓘ |
| genre | Lieder ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
consolation
ⓘ
grief ⓘ mourning ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy | German Lied tradition ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mood |
elegiac
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ |
| movement |
In diesem Wetter
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Nun seh’ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen ⓘ Nun will die Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n ⓘ Oft denk’ ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen ⓘ Wenn dein Mütterlein ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
intimate expression of grief
ⓘ
sparse orchestration ⓘ |
| notableVoiceTypes |
baritone
ⓘ
mezzo-soprano ⓘ |
| numberOfSongs | 5 ⓘ |
| orchestrationFeatures | chamber-like orchestra ⓘ |
| partOfRepertoire | standard concert repertoire ⓘ |
| publisher | C. F. Kahnt ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByComposer |
Rückert-Lieder
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Symphony No. 5 ⓘ Symphony No. 6 ⓘ Symphony No. 7 ⓘ |
| scoredFor |
voice and orchestra
ⓘ
voice and piano ⓘ |
| style | orchestral song ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | death of children ⓘ |
| textSource |
Kindertotenlieder
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kindertodtenlieder by Friedrich Rückert
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| tonalLanguage | late-Romantic tonality ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | approximately 25 minutes ⓘ |
| usesPoetryForm | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| workPeriod | late Romantic ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kindertotenlieder (song cycle by Gustav Mahler)
this entity surface form:
Kindertodtenlieder by Friedrich Rückert