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245 10 a| Gustav Mahler :b| songs and symphonies of life and death : interpretations and annotations /c| Donald Mitchell.;

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500 a| On spine: Gustav Mahler, volume III: Songs and symphonies of life and death.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 639-643).;

520 a| A monument in Mahler studies, this volume concentrates on the composer's vocal music and, in particular, on some of his most famous, most original and best loved compositions: the late Rueckert orchestral songs and Kindertotenlieder; Das Lied von der Erde, one of the composer's supreme masterpieces, and the vast Eighth Symphony. Much new ground is broken but the author bases his conclusions on a meticulous examination of the principal manuscript sources, especially those for Das Lied. He offers an unprecedented exploration of the original Chinese texts for that work and indeed of the whole Oriental dimension of Mahler's last and greatest song-cycle. Time and time again, the composer's sketches back up the author's reading of these massive scores and there will be few among this book's readers who will not find a familiar passage or movement sharply illuminated by fresh insights and information. The scope of the book, despite its concentration, is immensely wide; and so is the readership it addresses: Mahler scholars, performers, and general readers.;

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Gustav Mahler : songs and symphonies of life and death : interpretations and annotations / Donald Mitchell.

Author/creator	Mitchell, Donald
Format	Book
Publication Info	Berkeley : University of California Press, [1986], ©1985.
Description	659 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, music, portraits ; 26 cm
Subjects	Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Songs. Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Symphonies. Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Lied von der Erde. Composers--Austria. --Biography.

Contents	Part I. Preparing for Das Lied: Funf Lieder Nach Ruckert/Kindertotenlieder: from darkness to light and the birth of dichotomy -- Part II. Decoding Das Lied. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde ; Der Einsame im Herbst ; Von der Jugend ; Von der Schonheit ; Der Trunkene im Fruhling ; Der Abschied -- Part II. An afterword on the Eighth Symphony. Veni creator spiritus ; Goethe's Faust: Part II, Act V, last scene -- Appendices. The manuscripts of Das Lied von der Erde / Edward R. Reilly -- Postface to Die chinesische Flote / Hans Bethge -- Heterophony / Guido Adler -- How Gustav Mahler planned his 'Eighth': the first sketch / Alfred Mosenzweig.
Abstract	A monument in Mahler studies, this volume concentrates on the composer's vocal music and, in particular, on some of his most famous, most original and best loved compositions: the late Rueckert orchestral songs and Kindertotenlieder; Das Lied von der Erde, one of the composer's supreme masterpieces, and the vast Eighth Symphony. Much new ground is broken but the author bases his conclusions on a meticulous examination of the principal manuscript sources, especially those for Das Lied. He offers an unprecedented exploration of the original Chinese texts for that work and indeed of the whole Oriental dimension of Mahler's last and greatest song-cycle. Time and time again, the composer's sketches back up the author's reading of these massive scores and there will be few among this book's readers who will not find a familiar passage or movement sharply illuminated by fresh insights and information. The scope of the book, despite its concentration, is immensely wide; and so is the readership it addresses: Mahler scholars, performers, and general readers.
General note	On spine: Gustav Mahler, volume III: Songs and symphonies of life and death.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 639-643).
LCCN	85040494
ISBN	0520055780 (alk. paper : jacket)

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