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The Intimacy of Death: Mahler’s Dramatic Narration in Kindertotenlieder

There has been relatively little scholarship to date on Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder. The writings about this song cycle that do exist primarily focus on the disparate nature of the poems and justify Kindertotenlieder as a cycle by highlighting various musical connections between the songs, such as keys and motivic continuity. Mahler, however, has unified the cycle in a much more complex and sophisticated way. His familiarity with Wagner’s music and methods, and his mastery of the human voice and orchestral voices allowed him to weave a dramatic grief-laden narrative.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500052
Date05 1900
CreatorsStrange, AnnaGrace
ContributorsNotley, Margaret Anne, McKnight, Mark, 1951-, Bush, Deanna D.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Strange, AnnaGrace, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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