Category Archives: (1880-1887) Lieder fur Singstimme (piano), 5 songs

Composed Year 1880 Year 1881 Year 1882 Year 1883 Year 1884 Year 1885 Year 1886 Year 1887 Premieres  Lied 1: ...
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 In the early years of Mahler's conducting career, composing was a spare time activity. Between his Laibach and Olmütz appointments ...
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The first song in the Mahler collection, “Fruhlingsmorgen” (Spring morning), incorporates text written by Richard Leander. As notated in the ...
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The second song in the collection, “Erinnerung” (Remembrance), contains text by Richard Leander. Curiously, this song starts in F minor ...
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The third song in the collection, “Hans und Grethe” is a wonderful mixture of waltz-like fervor and sublime self-introspection. Many ...
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The fourth song in the collection was inspired by Tirso de Molina, a poet and Spanish monk. The text from ...
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The text from both the “Serenade” and “Phantasie” come from Tirso de Molina’s 1630 play Don Juan. Mahler arranged both ...
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Keyboard Piano.  Vocals solo High voice ...
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