This man's first substantial composition was a cantata titled Das klagende Lied, and the adagietto movement of his fifth symphony is scored for string orchestra and harp.
This man's first substantial composition was a cantata titled Das klagende Lied, and the adagietto movement of his fifth symphony is scored for string orchestra and harp. He also created a song cycle based on poems of Friedrich Rückert called Songs on the Death of Children. This man incorporated an earlier funeral march, Totenfeier,  into his second symphony, (*) Resurrection. One performance of this composer's eighth symphony involved 1068 musicians, and his first symphony features a solo bass playing a minor version of Frère Jacques. For ten points, name this German composer of the Symphony of a Thousand and the Titan Symphony.
This man's first substantial composition was a cantata titled Das klagende Lied, and the adagietto movement of his fifth symphony is scored for string orchestra and harp.
Gustav {Mahler}