Kindertotenlieder
Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) is a song cycle (1904) for voice and orchestra by Gustav Mahler. The words of the songs are poems by Friedrich Rückert.
| Kindertotenlieder | |
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| Song cycle by Gustav Mahler | |
Pencil portrait of Mahler by Emil Orlík, c. 1903 | |
| English | Songs on the Death of Children |
| Text | poems by Friedrich Rückert |
| Language | German |
| Composed | 1901–04 |
| Performed | 29 January 1905 |
| Duration | c. 25 minutes |
| Movements | five |
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