The great God answered the following three questions about Mahler's song of the earth
The second movement of "autumn" (Der Einsame im Herbst alone), the lyrics from "money" the autumn night long;The third movement "Von der Jugend", the lyrics selected from Li Bai's unknown poems, German translation of "Porzelian Pavillon aus" (Der Pavilion);The fourth movement of "beauty" (Von der Schonheit), the lyrics from Li Bai's "this song";
Dear, the song of the earth is written by Mahler on the subject of Tang poetry of Li Bai.Including six movements:The first movement of "drinking song" world sorrow (Das Trinklied VOM Jammer der Erde), the lyrics from Li Bai's "Elegy";
At the premiere of the work, Muller had died. And Mahler in the creation of ninth symphonies to avoid the number 9 so the ninth Symphonies for such a special work, because of his idol Beethoven, Schubert and Brukner are finished after ninth dead, but obviously he is not out of the prophecy.A lot of this novel version, but I heard nearly twenty versions after personal opinion, Sanderlin (Kurt Sanderling) command that version of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the German tenor Peter Schreier and Brigit Finnil by the Swedish soprano best.
