Gustav Mahler :: Sieben Lieder aus letzter Zeit (Seven Late Songs)


 

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Mahler, Gustav
1860-1911
(b Kalischt, nr Iglau [now Kaliste, Jihlava], Bohemia, 7 July 1860; d Vienna, 18 May 1911). Austrian
Sieben Lieder aus letzter Zeit (Seven Late Songs)
<1899–1902>
solo voice
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Songs are available individually, each with a choice of high, medium, or low key (the original keys are indicated by italics in the contents list below). Instrumentation varies from song to song, within the aggregate given above. Not intended as a cycle, but merely "seven recent songs" published together.
Nos.3-7 are known as
Rückert Lieder, after the poet of the texts (nos.1-2 use texts from Des Knaben Wunderhorn).
Nos.4, 3, 7 & 5 are available from Presser with orchestration arranged by Philip West for woodwind quintet, harp, and string quartet (12').

Source of text: Nos.1-2, Des Knaben Wunderhorn, German folk poems, collected by Achim von Armin & Clemens von Brentano (1806-1808); nos.3-7, Friedrich Rückert. Language: German
1. Revelge (D minor, C minor, B-flat minor)
2. Der Tamboursg'sell (E minor, D minor, C minor)
3. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder (A-flat major, F
major, E-flat major)
4. Ich atmet' einen Linden Duft (F major, D major, C
major)
5. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (F major, Eb
major, Db major)
6. Um Mitternacht (B-minor, A minor, G minor)
7. Liebst du um Schönheit? (E-flat major, C major,
B-flat major)











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Contents—1. Revelge (D minor, C minor, B-flat minor); 2. Der Tamboursg'sell (E minor, D minor, C minor); 3. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder (A-flat major, F major, E-flat major); 4. Ich atmet' einen Linden Duft (F major, D major, C major); 5. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (F major, E-flat major, D-flat major); 6. Um Mitternacht (B-minor, A minor, G minor); 7. Liebst du um Schönheit? (E-flat major, C major, B-flat major)