Format : Sheet music
The first 10 songs from the celebrated cycle: Der Schildwache Nachtlied Verlorne Muh' Trost im Ungluck Wer hat dies Liedel erdacht Das irdische Leben Lied des Verfolgten im Turm Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen Lob des hohen Verstandes Rheinlegendchen and Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt. German and English texts. Note. Contents. Instrumentation.Original selection of songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Orchesterbegleitung von Gustav Mahler Universal-Edition Vienna 1905.
SKU: BR.EB-9398
ISBN 9790004188729. 9 x 12 inches. Chinese.
Poetry from a thousand years - First time in Urtext The legacy of Chinese poetry includes thousands of songs and poems spanning over more than three millennia. Gustav Mahler himself was inspired by seven of these poems for his Lied von der Erde. The 16 Selected Chinese Art Songs presented here are shaped in structure and musical grammar by the famous European Lied compositions and yet the Chinese idiom is unmistakable. The songs represent poetry from a thousand years, set into music by composers of the 20th century.first Urtext edition of 16 of the most famous Chinese art songsedited by Liao Changyong and Hartmut Hollphonetic translation in the musical text includedcomprehensive text part in three languages (Chin/Ger/Eng) with complete English translation of the used poemsfacsimile pages.