Composed
Performances by Gustav Mahler
- Not known if he performed the songs (for Josephine Poisl (1860- after 1880)).
Premiere
- 30-09-1934 Brno, World premiere. Radio Brno with Zdenek Knittl (tenor) and Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975) (piano).
Versions
- Three songs.
- Gustav Mahler originally planned 5 songs.
- The first three songs are dedicated to Josephine Poisl (1860- after 1880)
- 19-02-1880 Lied 1: Im Lenz completed.
- 27-02-1880 Lied 2: Winterlied completed.
- 05-03-1880 Lied 3: Maitanz im Grünen completed.
- 21-03-1880 A part of Lied 1: Im Lenz incorporated in Lied 2: Der Spielmann (The Minstrel) of Das klagende Lied.
- 19-04-1886 Revised version of Lied 3: Maitanz im Grünen performed as Lied 3: Hans und Grethe of Lieder fur Singstimme in Prague.
- 00-00-1888 Motives from Lied 3: Maitanz im Grünen incorporated into the scherzo of Symphony No. 1.
- Lied 1: Im Lenz 2.23
- Lied 2: Winterlied 3.17
- Lied 3: Maitanz im Grünen 2.22
Manuscript
History Lieder fur Tenor, score. “Josephinen zueignet [sic] / 5 Lieder (für Tenorstimme) / von / Gustav Mahler.” 4 folios. 11 pp. Incomplete song cycle to Mahler’s own texts, dedicated to Josephine Poisl (1860-after 1880) Poißl. The three completed songs are dated at the end by the composer: Im Lenz (19-02-1880); Winterlied (27-02-1880); Maitanz im Grünen (05-03-1880).
Publications
- 1892 Lied 3: Hans und Grethe published by Schott music publishers in volume I of the Lieder und Gesänge.
- Manuscripts: Collection of Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975).