Songs of a Wayfarer

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Songs of a Wayfarer is a song cycle by Gustav Mahler for voice and orchestra (or piano), expressing themes of love, loss, and wandering through four interconnected songs.

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Songs of a Wayfarer canonical 2
Songs of a Travelling Journeyman 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral song cycle
song cycle
alternativeTitle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
catalogueNumber WAB-free (uncatalogued by Mahler)
composer Gustav Mahler
compositionEndYear 1885
compositionStartYear 1884
countryOfOrigin Austria-Hungary
firstPerformanceCity Berlin
firstPerformanceYear 1896
firstPerformerVoiceType baritone
genre Lieder
keyOfFirstSong D minor
keyOfFourthSong F minor
keyOfSecondSong D major
keyOfThirdSong D minor
language German
melodicMaterialReusedIn Symphony No. 1 (Mahler), first movement
Symphony No. 1 (Mahler), third movement
movement “Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz”
“Ging heut’ Morgen über’s Feld”
“Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer”
“Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht”
numberOfSongs 4
originalTitleLanguage German
period late Romantic
relatedWork Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)
scoredFor voice and orchestra
voice and piano
textAuthor Gustav Mahler
textSource Des Knaben Wunderhorn
theme loss
love
unrequited love
wandering

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Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen hasTitleTranslation Songs of a Travelling Journeyman
linked to: Songs of a Wayfarer