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Composed
- 1908: Year 1908.
- 1908: Sketches in 7 to 8 weeks in Toblach, 1908-1910 Hotel Trenkerhof, 1908-1910 Hotel Trenkerhof (Composing cottage). Altschluderbach.
- 1908: 00-06-1908 until 07-1908: Priliminary drafts.
- 1908: 00-07-1908: Composition Lied 2: Der Einsame im Herbst.
- 1908: ...
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Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) is a composition for two voices and orchestra by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Composed between Year 1908 and Year 1909 following the most painful period in Mahler's life (Year 1907). The songs address themes such as Living, Parting and Salvation.
...![Lied 1: Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde](https://mahlerfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dlvde1-150x150.jpg)
Drinking song of the world's misery
- Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde.
- Key: a minor.
- Allegro pesante. (Cheerful heavy.)
- After Chinese poet: Li Bai.
- Voice: Tenor.
- Duration: 8 minutes.
The first movement continually returns to the refrain, Dunkel ist das Leben, ist der Tod (literally, 'Dark is life, is death'), ...
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The lonely man in autumn
- Der Einsame im Herbst.
- Key: d minor.
- Etwas schleppend. Ermudet. (Somewhat dragging. Weary.)
- After Chinese poet: Qian Qi.
- Voice: Alto (or Baritone).
- Solo: Windinstruments.
- Duration: 10 minutes.
This movement is a much softer, less turbulent movement. Marked 'somewhat dragging and exhausted', it begins with a repetitive ...
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Of youth
- Von der Jugend.
- Key: B-flat Major.
- First scherzo.
- Behaglich heiter. (Comfortably cheerful.)
- After Chinese poet: Li Bai.
- Voice: Tenor.
- Duration: 3 minutes.
The third movement is the most obviously pentatonic and faux-Asian. The form is ternary, the third part being a greatly abbreviated revision of the first. It is ...
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The drunk man in spring
- Der Trunkene im Fruhling.
- Key: A Major.
- Second scherzo.
- Allegro. Keck, aber nicht zu schnell. (Audacious, but not too fast.)
- After Chinese poet: Li Bai.
- Voice: Tenor.
- Solo: Violin and flute.
- Duration: 4 minutes.
The second scherzo of the work is provided by the fifth movement. Like ...
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Woodwind
- 1 Bass clarinet A.
- 1 Bass clarinet B.
- 3 Bassoon. Solo in Lied 2: Der Einsame im Herbst.
- 3 Clarinet B.
- 1 Clarinet Eb.
- 1 Contra bassoon. Solo in
- 1 Cor Anglais (English horn).
- 3 Flute. Solo in Lied 5: Der Trunkene im Fruhling, Lied 6: Der Abschied.
- 3 Oboe.
- 1 Oboe ...