One of this composer's symphonies opens with the hymn "Veni, Creator Spiritus.
One of this composer's symphonies opens with the hymn "Veni, Creator Spiritus." This composer set Rückert poems to songs in a work he wrote after his daughter died of scarlet fever. This man's first symphony contains a dirge-style version of "Frere Jacques." His quasi-symphony contains "Of Youth" and "Of Beauty" and is set to poems by (*) Li Po. He wrote Songs on the Death of Children and symphonies called "Resurrection" and "Titan." For 10 points, name this Austrian composer of the Song of the Earth and Symphony of a Thousand.
One of this composer's symphonies opens with the hymn "Veni, Creator Spiritus.
Gustav {Mahler}