Soprano voice,Vocal Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.869653

Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,Contemporary,Romantic Period. 68 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #5751651. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.869653).

I am not a huge fan of Mahler's music but his Kindertotenlieder is a cultural gem!   I inadvertently discovered that the poet Friedrich Rückert who penned Kindertodtenlieder (yes, with a d ... LOL!) wrote 400-plus of these KTL poems after his two youngest children died of scarlet fever.  I bought the book @ Amazon.   After plowing through 442 of them, I winnowed it down to ten poems for my song cycle.  It is scored for soprano and piano.  NB: I cannot afford an orchestra, and it would be too much unnecessary work.  LOL!!!  The entire song cycle has a duration of ca. 35 minutes.  It ends like a mechanical music box while the soprano sings a lullaby.  Sleep is of course a perfect metaphor for being dead.  

Enjoy!!!

https://thomasoboelee.bandcamp.com/album/kindertodtenlieder-2020