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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