Songs
Der Spielmann - Part II
(1878)
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Das klagende Lied
Der Spielmann - Part II
"Ach, Spielmann, lieber Spielmann mein!
Das muß ich dir nun klagen:
Um ein schönfarbig Blümelein
hat mich mein Bruder erschlagen!
Im Walde bleicht mein junger Leib,
mein Bruder freit ein wonnig Weib!"
O Leide, Leide, weh!
Excerpt from ‘The Minstrel’
O minstrel, dear minstrel mine,
I must now make my plaint to you:
My brother slew me for the sake
Of a tiny flower of beautiful hue!
My young bones bleach in the forest,
My brother woos a lovely bride!
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Composer
Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian late-Romantic composer and conductor.
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