Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer

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"Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer" is the intense, emotionally charged third song of Gustav Mahler’s song cycle *Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen*, expressing anguish and heartbreak.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art song
classical music composition
associatedComposer Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED
associatedWork Symphony No. 1 by Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED
catalogueGrouping Mahler songs
characterType wandering journeyman
composer Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED
cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen NERFINISHED
cycleNarrativeFunction climactic expression of pain
cyclePosition third song
cycleTotalSongs 4
emotion anguish
heartbreak
firstPerformanceApproximateDate 1890s
genre Lied
song cycle movement
historicalContext fin de siècle Vienna NERFINISHED
language German
lyricist Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED
mood desperate
intense
tormented
movementNumber 3
narrativePerspective first person
notableInterpretiveFeature dramatic orchestral writing GENERATED
intense vocal expression GENERATED
orchestrationBy Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED
originalInstrumentation voice and piano
originalKey D minor
partOf Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen NERFINISHED
performancePractice often performed with orchestra
often sung by baritone
period late Romantic
textSource poem by Gustav Mahler
theme emotional pain
loss
unrequited love
titleLanguage German
titleTranslationEnglish I have a gleaming knife
workType song from a song cycle

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Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen movement Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer