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Wenn dein Mütterlein

Kindertotenlieder · No. 3

Gustav Mahler · 1901–04 · C minor · 70 bars · 106 chords analysed

“Songs on the Death of Children” sets five poems that Friedrich Rückert wrote after losing two of his children. Mahler composed them between 1901 and 1904; tragically, his own daughter died a few years later. The score here is for voice and piano.

Keys visited: C minor, G major, A♭ major.