Songs of a Wayfarer and Kindertotenlieder in Full Score (Dover Orchestral Music Scores)

About this book

Songs of a Wayfarer (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen) Mahlers first orchestral song cycle is a strongly autobiographical work. Set to his own text it is a revealing self-portrait of the young man in the agonies of love and a work considered by many to be the masterpiece of Mahlers early period. The folklore idioms of Songs of the Wayfarer give way to the haunting musical imagery of Mahlers later style in the Kindertotenlieder (Songs of the Death of Children) the companys setting of five poems by Friedrich Rckert. Filled with the delicate counterpoint and luminous chromatic harmony of his last works they reflect another compelling facet of Mahlers intense romanticism. These two deeply moving scores both favorites of musical artists and their audiences today are reprinted here from the original German editions. They will provide musicians and music lovers a lifetime of study and enjoyment of two of Mahlers masterly achievements for voice and orchestra.