“Das himmlische Leben”
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“Das himmlische Leben” is a song from Des Knaben Wunderhorn that depicts a childlike, idyllic vision of heaven and served as the textual and thematic basis for the finale of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Das himmlische Leben | 0 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedComposer | Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Austrian late-Romantic music ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Symphony No. 4 (Mahler) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| depicts |
childlike vision of heaven
ⓘ
idyllic vision of heaven ⓘ |
| describes |
heavenly feasts and abundance
ⓘ
joyful, carefree afterlife ⓘ |
| genre |
orchestral song
ⓘ
vocal music ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic song (in its lied form) ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation | voice and orchestra ⓘ |
| hasKeyRoleIn | structure of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony ⓘ |
| hasMood |
innocent
ⓘ
pastoral ⓘ serene ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | child narrator ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
childhood innocence
ⓘ
heaven ⓘ naive spirituality ⓘ |
| hasVocalForces |
solo voice
ⓘ
soprano (in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony) ⓘ |
| influenced | overall conception of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Mahler’s Wunderhorn songs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementOf | finale of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony ⓘ |
| notableFor |
its naive, childlike depiction of the afterlife
ⓘ
serving as the basis of the finale of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony ⓘ |
| partOf | Des Knaben Wunderhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | late Romantic ⓘ |
| textCollectionType | folk poetry collection (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) ⓘ |
| textLanguage | German ⓘ |
| textSource | Des Knaben Wunderhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textType | poem ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | German ⓘ |
| translationOfTitle | The Heavenly Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
textual basis for the finale of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony
ⓘ
thematic basis for the finale of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony ⓘ |
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