Composed
Performances by Gustav Mahler
- 1893 Concert Hamburg 27-10-1893 - Symphony No. 1, Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Premieres)
- 1900 Concert Vienna 14-01-1900 - Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Premiere), Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
- 1905 Concert Vienna 29-01-1905 - Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Kindertotenlieder, Ruckert-Lieder (Premieres)
- 1905 Concert Vienna 03-02-1905 ...
After 1901, 'Urlicht' and 'Es sungen drei Engel' were removed from the Wunderhorn collection, and replaced in later editions by two other songs, thus restoring the total number of songs in the set to twelve. The two new songs were: Lied ...
Revelge is the most intense and manic of the Wunderhorn settings, and also by far the most extended. It is a persistent march of a magnitude matching the great march movements of the symphonies. The speaker is a fallen drummer boy whose comrades pass him by on the march and ...
Tamboursg'sell is the last composed of Mahler's Wunderhorn settings. Like Revelge, it is sung by a doomed drummer. Rather than lying in the field, however, this drummer lies in prison. Where Revelge was manic, this song is more heavy and mournful. The drum rolls here are slower and more ...
Woodwind
- 1 Bass clarinet.
- 2 Bassoon.
- 2 Clarinet A.
- 2 Clarinet Bb.
- 1 Contra bassoon.
- 2 Cor Anglais (English horn).
- 2 Flute.
- 2 Oboe.
- 1 Piccolo.
Brass
- 4 Horn F (French horn).
- 3 Trumpet Bb.
- 1 Trumpet F.
String sections
- Double bass.
- Viola.
- Violin I.
- Violin II. ...