Category Archives: (1887-1890) Des Knaben Wunderhorn (piano), 9 songs

Composed Year 1887 Year 1888 Year 1889 Year 1890 Performances by Gustav Mahler 1889 Concert Budapest 13-11-1889 - Lieder fur ...

Ludwig Achim von Arnim (1781-1831) Clemens Brentano (1778-1842) The settings of Des Knaben Wunderhorn by Gustav Mahler are orchestral songs ...

This song is the first of the Wunderhorn Lieder for Voice and Piano. It is titled “Um sclimme Kinder artig ...

“Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grun," (I went joyfully through a green wood), is a beautiful slow melody challenging ...

The majority of the songs in this collection begin with very soft dynamics. Eleven of the fourteen songs begin with ...

One of the challenges with the ninth song in this collection, "Starke Einbildungskraft" (Strong imagination), concerns clarity of articulation. Sixteenth-note ...

The tenth song in this collection, “Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz” (At Strasbourg on the battlement), starts with a very ...

Misprints are rare, but this song contains one incorrect note in the piano part. In measure 3 of the IMC ...

“Scheiden und Meiden” (Partings) explores the metric juxtaposition of two versus three used in “Ablösung im Sommer.” “Trumpetlike” is the ...

Balancing the soft low texture with piano remains one of the main challenges for tubists in the penultimate song in ...

The final song, “Selbstgefühl” (My mood), starts with a dynamic of forte. To maintain a high level of playfulness, the ...

Keyboard Piano.  Vocals solo Voice.  ...