In spite of this, voice-and-piano performances, especially of the lighter songs, are frequent. Shortly after Mahler's death, the publisher ( Universal Edition) replaced Mahler's own piano versions of the Wunderhorn songs by piano reductions of the orchestral versions, thus obscuring the differences in Mahler's writing for the two media. "Revelge" – Reveille (July 1899) "Der Tamboursg'sell" – The Drummer Boy (August 1901) By the year of the collection's publication (1899) this song had been reorchestrated and earmarked as the finale of the 4th Symphony (1899–1900), and thus was not published as part of the Des Knaben Wunderhorn collection, nor was it made available in a voice-and-piano version.Īfter 1901, " Urlicht" and " Es sungen drei Engel" were removed from the collection, and replaced in later editions by two other songs, thus restoring the total number of songs in the set to twelve. 3.Īn additional setting from this period was " Das himmlische Leben" ("Heavenly Life"), of February 1892 (orchestrated March 1892). 2, and "Ablösung im Sommer" is adopted in the same way by Symphony No. Other songs found themselves serving symphonic ends in other ways: a voiceless version of " Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt" forms the basis of the scherzo in Symphony No. 3 (1893–1896): requiring a boys' chorus and a women's chorus in addition to an alto soloist, it is the only song among the twelve for which Mahler did not produce a voice-and-orchestra version and the only one which he did not first publish separately. 2 (1888–1894) as the work's fourth movement " Es sungen drei Engel", by contrast, was specifically composed as part of Symphony No. July 1893) was rapidly incorporated (with expanded orchestration) into Symphony No. "Es sungen drei Engel" – Three Angels Sang a Sweet Air (1895)."Lob des hohen Verstandes" – Praise of Lofty Intellect (June 1896)."Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen" – Where the Fair Trumpets Sound (July 1898)."Lied des Verfolgten im Turm" – Song of the Persecuted in the Tower (July 1898), see: Die Gedanken sind frei."Rheinlegendchen" – Little Rhine Legend (August 1893).Anthony of Padua's Sermon to the Fish (July–August 1893) "Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt" – St.
"Das irdische Leben" – Earthly Life (after April 1892)."Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?" – Who Thought Up This Song? (April 1892).