Ren, Meng
(2008)
Mahler’s Concept of Chinese Art in his Das Lied von der Erde.
Maynooth Musicology: Postgraduate Journal, 1.
pp. 154-178.
Abstract
In May 1998 a symphony orchestra, formed by a group of German
musicians and vocalists, paid a visit to Beijing and gave a very
successful performance of Gustav Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde to
Chinese audiences. Historically as well as culturally the programme was
highly significant: almost ninety years after the completion of the work,
Das Lied von der Erde received its Chinese première. This historic
performance provoked great attention among the general public and
attracted the interest of Chinese scholars and arts enthusiasts (an
example being the former Chinese Vice-Prime Minister Li Lanqing).
Following the performance scholars soon began to research the sources
of the original Chinese poems which inspired Mahler’s Das Lied von der
Erde. So far, most of the original Tang-dynasty poems have been
identified and the discussion and investigation for the remaining
unidentified poem, Von der Jugend (Of Youth), is ongoing.
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Article
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Keywords: |
Mahler; Concept; Chinese Art; Das Lied von der Erde; Maynooth Musicology; |
Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts & Humanities > Music |
Item ID: |
9462 |
Depositing User: |
IR Editor
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Date Deposited: |
09 May 2018 11:22 |
Journal or Publication Title: |
Maynooth Musicology: Postgraduate Journal |
Publisher: |
Maynooth Musicology |
Refereed: |
Yes |
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