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 ...
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Ludwig Achim von Arnim (1781-1831) Clemens Brentano (1778-1842) The settings of Des Knaben Wunderhorn by Gustav Mahler are orchestral songs ...
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This song is the first of the Wunderhorn Lieder for Voice and Piano. It is titled “Um sclimme Kinder artig ...
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“Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grun," (I went joyfully through a green wood), is a beautiful slow melody challenging ...
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The majority of the songs in this collection begin with very soft dynamics. Eleven of the fourteen songs begin with ...
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One of the challenges with the ninth song in this collection, "Starke Einbildungskraft" (Strong imagination), concerns clarity of articulation. Sixteenth-note ...
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The tenth song in this collection, “Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz” (At Strasbourg on the battlement), starts with a very ...
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Misprints are rare, but this song contains one incorrect note in the piano part. In measure 3 of the IMC ...
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“Scheiden und Meiden” (Partings) explores the metric juxtaposition of two versus three used in “Ablösung im Sommer.” “Trumpetlike” is the ...
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Balancing the soft low texture with piano remains one of the main challenges for tubists in the penultimate song in ...
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The final song, “Selbstgefühl” (My mood), starts with a dynamic of forte. To maintain a high level of playfulness, the ...
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Keyboard Piano.  Vocals solo Voice.  ...
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