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 secon
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}