I'm not a professional singer (not even a singer at all), but I always
wanted to perform Mahler's Kindertotenlieder. Some weeks ago, I made a
piano reduction of the first one (Nun Will die Sonn so Hell Aufgeh'n), and
I'm trying to sing it, with my friend Ezequiel at the piano. Yes it's hard
stuff, but I can sing almost all of it (don't ask how). However, I have two
little problems at a particular passage:

a.- Where and how can I take a breath at the long phrase of bars 47- 59?

b.-  How can I sing the e flat without taking a breath at bar 55, third
beat?

Is there any singer out there who can help me?.

(By the way, my piano reduction of the lied is available in .enc file. If
anyone is interested in it, just post me out of the list).

Pablo Massa
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