| Contents |
Part I. Preparing for Das Lied: Funf Lieder Nach Ruckert/Kindertotenlider: from darkness to light and the birth of dichotomy. Interpretations ; Annotations -- Part II. Decoding Das Lied. Interpretations. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde ; Der Einsame im Herbst ; Von der Jugend ; Von der Schonheit ; Der Trunkene im Fruhling ; Der Abschied -- Annotations. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde ; Der Einsame im Herbst ; Von der Jugend ; Von der Schonheit ; Der Trunkene im Fruhling ; Der Abschied -- Part III. An afterword on the Eighth Symphony. Interpretations. Veni creator spiritus ; Goethe's Faust: Part II, act V, last scene -- Annotations. 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 (1907) -- Heterophony / Guido Adler (1908) -- How Gustav Mahler planned his 'Eighth': the first sketch / Alfred Rosenzweig (Mathis) (1933). |
| Abstract |
The scope of the book, despite its concentration, is immensely wide; and so is the readership it addresses. Mahler scholars will appreciate its absorbing research and the approach to Mahler's forms (the author is especially strong on the composer's brilliant use of strophic form in his later period): performers--signers and conductors particularly--will respond to the interpretative issues the book brings to the fore; while general readers and Mahler enthusiasts will find a text that will deepen and sometimes fundamentally modify their perception of a body of music which has a central place in the composer's output and in the musical experience and awareness of the twentieth century and beyond. |
| General note | Originally published: London : Faber and Faber, 1985. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 638-644) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2002036674 |
| ISBN | 0851159087 (pbk.) |
