A Symphony for Tenor, Alto (or Baritone) Voice and Orchestra
Orchestral song cycle by Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler in 1907
Key
A minor - C major
Text
From Hans Bethge's Die chinesische Flöte
Composed
1908 (1908): Toblach
Published
1912, Universal Edition
Duration
c. 60 minutes
Movements
six
Scoring
contralto
tenor
orchestra
Premiere
Date
20 November 1911 (1911-11-20)
Location
Munich Tonhalle, Munich
Conductor
Bruno Walter
Performers
Sara Cahier, William Miller
Das Lied von der Erde (The song of the Earth) is an orchestral song cycle for two voices and orchestra written by Gustav Mahler between 1908 and 1909. Described as a symphony when published, it comprises six songs for two singers who alternate movements. Mahler specified that the two singers should be a tenor and an alto, or else a tenor and a baritone if an alto is not available.[1]
Mahler composed this work following the most painful period in his life, and the songs address themes such as those of living, parting and salvation. On the centenary of Mahler's birth, the composer and prominent Mahler conductor Leonard Bernstein described Das Lied von der Erde as Mahler's "greatest symphony".[2] As with his later Symphony No. 9, Mahler did not live to hear Das Lied von der Erde performed.
^Das Lied von der Erde – Eine Symphonie für eine Tenor- und eine Alt- (oder Bariton-) Stimme und Orchester (nach Hans Bethges Die chinesische Flöte) von Gustav Mahler, Partitur, [The Song of the Earth. A Symphony for tenor and alto (or baritone) voice and orchestra (after Hans Bethge's The Chinese Flute). By Gustav Mahler. Score. Published by Universal Edition 1912.
^New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts. Original broadcast 7 February 1960, "Who is Gustav Mahler?"
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