!!!Fin de Siècle
!!Gustav Mahler: ''Kindertotenlieder'', ''Nun will die Sonn so hell...''
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Perfectionism was characteristic for Gustav Mahler's way of living
(1860 Kalischt/Moravia  - 1911 Vienna) as well as the joy of pure
sensuality, when as the director of the opera he thinks about family
planning (Illustration: Mahler with his daughter Anna) but at the same
time composes '' Kindertotenlieder ''(Songs on the Death of Children)(1900-1905). He conveys borderline emotional experiences in
his song  '' Nun will die Sonn so hell aufgehn.'' (Example) with
chromaticism, relentless shifting back and forth or repetition,
completely in the spirit of the Fin de siŠcle.  He does justice to the
cruelty of Fate in all its nuances, whether in his melodic construction
or in the timbre of the vocal part which sometimes almost seems to be
an instrument. (Compare: H.Wolf).
Mahler's sensitivity to the effects of different sounds reaches its
zenith in the works of Anton
Webern (1883 Vienna - 1945 Mittersill/Salzburg). (M. Saary)

!Sound Clip
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