Songs of a Wayfarer

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Songs of a Wayfarer is a song cycle by Gustav Mahler for voice and orchestra (or piano), expressing themes of love, loss, and wandering through four interconnected songs.

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Songs of a Travelling Journeyman 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral song cycle
song cycle
alternativeTitle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen NERFINISHED
catalogueNumber WAB-free (uncatalogued by Mahler)
composer Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED
compositionEndYear 1885
compositionStartYear 1884
countryOfOrigin Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceCity Berlin NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceYear 1896
firstPerformerVoiceType baritone
genre Lieder
keyOfFirstSong D minor
keyOfFourthSong F minor
keyOfSecondSong D major
keyOfThirdSong D minor
language German
melodicMaterialReusedIn Symphony No. 1 (Mahler), first movement NERFINISHED
Symphony No. 1 (Mahler), third movement NERFINISHED
movement “Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz” NERFINISHED
“Ging heut’ Morgen über’s Feld” NERFINISHED
“Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer” NERFINISHED
“Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht” NERFINISHED
numberOfSongs 4
originalTitleLanguage German
period late Romantic
relatedWork Symphony No. 1 (Mahler) NERFINISHED
scoredFor voice and orchestra
voice and piano
textAuthor Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED
textSource Des Knaben Wunderhorn NERFINISHED
theme loss
love
unrequited love
wandering

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Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen hasTitleTranslation Songs of a Wayfarer
this entity surface form: Songs of a Travelling Journeyman