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  • A Deeper Understanding of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 Choral Text

    A Deeper Understanding of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 Choral Text

    To read last week’s blog on Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, click here. This week’s blog contains on the poetry used in Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony and some interpretations of the text. The text for Movement IV “Urlicht” (Ancient light, or original light) comes from a collection of German folk poems and songs called Des Knaben Wunderhorn…