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Gustrav Mahler: Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) IV. Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz (The two blue eyes of my darling) Daniel Forman, Bass Trombone Tina Chang, Piano 1st Year Master of Music Recital (UBC), 4-18-2010, Dunbar Heights United Church, Vancouver, British Columbia Played from Vocal Score Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), one of the most respected conductors of his day and now acknowledged as one of the foremost masters of the Symphony, composed the Lieder eines fahrended Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) from 1884-5. Written for low voice, it was the composer's first song cycle, and the only one written to texts by Mahler himself. The work was composed immediately following the conclusion to an unhappy affair with soprano Johanna Richter, and drew inspiration from that event. The cycle tells the story of a young man whose love marries another, causing the wayfarer (a more accurate translation is journeyman) unbearable grief. Eventually this grief drives the young man to leave his home town, after which he finds a linden tree (symbolic of death in the poetry of the period), lies under it, and drifts off blissfully to sleep. It is interesting to note that although the Lieder were written for low voice and are of an undeniably masculine character, they are most often performed by women. IV. Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz, Die haben mich in die weite Welt geschickt. Da mußt ich Abschied nehmen vom <b>...</b> |
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