Pablo Massa ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>...  Mahler's lieder, however, are better than his symphonies to introduce
>his sound world.

You're not the first to say this, but I must disagree.  I know many people
(my younger self included) who simply did not like vocal music, period.
Lieder are not going to get these people into Mahler.

>Remember that one ("Mutter, ach mutter, es hungert mich..."):

Das irdische leben.

>...the fourth, sixth and tenth symphonies are contained in it.  (Hey,
>don't spit on me, I began to hear Mahler through his symphonies too!).

I would never spit on you, but I still think it's piffle.

Deryk Barker
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