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In diesem Wetter

Kindertotenlieder · No. 5

Gustav Mahler · 1901–04 · D minor · 139 bars · 242 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: D minor, C minor, B♭ major, D major, A major.