Its first section contains the repeated refrain "dark is life; dark is death," as well as the description of an ape of "wild and ghostly form" crouching on graves.
Its first section contains the repeated refrain "dark is life; dark is death," as well as the description of an ape of "wild and ghostly form" crouching on graves. In the fifth movement, entitled "The Drunkard in Spring," the singer sings that "it seems to me like a dream," and "I fill my glass anew," while this work's third section is called "Of Youth."Authors whose works served as the inspiration for this musical piece include Chang Tsi and Li Po, whose poetry, taken from the collection The Chinese Flute is the source for four of the movements. Unnumbered due to the composer's fear that he would succumb to the curse of the nine symphonies, for ten points, identify this song cycle composed in 1907 by Gustav Mahler.
Its first section contains the repeated refrain "dark is life; dark is death," as well as the description of an ape of "wild and ghostly form" crouching on graves.
The {Song of the Earth} or Das {Lied von der Erde}