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Gustav Mahler
Das klagende Lied | for soli, mixed choir and orchestra | revised version 1899 in 2 movements

Work Details
Year of composition: 1879-1880/1893/1899
Version: revised version 1899 in 2 movements
Scored for: for soli, mixed choir and orchestra
Composer: Gustav Mahler
Edited by: Rudolf Stephan
Text Author: Gustav Mahler
Original Language: Deutsch
Choir: SATB
Soloinstruments/Soloists: soprano; alto; tenor; Knabenalt ad lib.
Instrumentation: 3 3 3 3 - 4 4 3 1 - timp, perc(4), hp(2), str - fernorchester: 3 2 4 0 - 4 2 0 0 - timp, perc
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute; 3rd flute (+picc); 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; 3rd oboe (+c.a); 1st clarinet in Bb (+cl(C); cl(Eb)); 2nd clarinet in Bb (+cl(C); cl(Eb)); 3rd clarinet in Bb (+cl(C); bass cl); 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 3rd bassoon (+cbsn); 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet in F; 2nd trumpet in F; 3rd trumpet in F; 4th trumpet in F; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; bass tuba; timpani; percussion: triangle; cymbal, tam-tam, bass drum; 1st harp; 2nd harp; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass; fernorchestra: piccolo; 1st flute; 2nd flute; 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; 1st clarinet in Eb; 2nd clarinet in Eb; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet in Bb (or flugelhorn); 2nd trumpet in Bb (or flugelhorn); timpani; triangle; cymbal
Duration (min): 40
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World Première
Location: Wien / Austria
Date: 17.02.1901
Conductor: Gustav Mahler
Work Introduction

The work is based on poems written by Gustav Mahler and was completed in 1880. It consisted of three movements which bore the following titles:

Waldmärchen (A Tale from the Woods)

Der Spielmann (The Minstrel)

Hochzeitsstück (Wedding Piece)

The composer subjected the score to several [...]

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