Category Archives: (1892-1898) Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 12 songs

Composed Year 1892 Year 1893 Year 1894 Year 1895 Year 1896 Year 1897 Year 1898 Performances by Gustav Mahler 1893 ...

Ludwig Achim von Arnim (1781-1831). Clemens Brentano (1778-1842). Mahler set a total of fourteen large-scale songs with orchestral accompaniment to ...

Der Schildwache Nachtlied is a complex military-style song with trumpet calls and drum rolls, but it is also a dialogue ...

Lob des hohen Verstandes is, like the Fischpredigt, a satirical song. It is of a jolly nature, describing a singing ...

Also in Symphony No. 2 - Movement 4: "Urlicht". Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht. Text Lied 11: Urlicht written in 1905 ...

Also in Symphony No. 3 - Movement 5: Lied 2: Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck: Bimm bamm. Es ...

Verlorene Müh' is another dialogue song, and it is in the distinctive Swabian dialect. It is a sort of fruitless ...

Trost im Unglück describes the feelings of somebody trying to move past a lost or rejected love, comforting himself with ...

Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? is another pastoral setting and, as Verlorene Müh'; it is in 3/8 meter. It is ...

Das irdische Leben is a grim little piece, perhaps providing the negative counterpart to Das himmlische Leben, the song that ...

Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt, in 3/8 time, is best known as the source for the music of the scherzo ...

Rheinlegendchen is perhaps the most tender of the settings and, as many others of a pastoral nature, employs a 3/8 ...

Lied des Verfolgten im Turm is very similar to Der Schildwache Nachtlied, but now the protagonist is a prisoner. Again, ...

Wo die schönen Trompetten blasen is another rather sad, but achingly beautiful song. This song combines elements of the military ...

Woodwind 3 Bassoon.  2 Clarinet A.  2 Clarinet Bb.  1 Cor Anglais (English horn).   2 Flute.  2 Oboe.  1 Piccolo.  ...