Mark Greeley ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Well, I know that his Kindertotenlieder are based on poems extracted from
>"the Chinese Flute," a set of poems written earlier.

No. Das Lied von der Erde is based on poems from Hans Bethge's Die
chino"sische Flo"te, which was a series of "translations" from Chinese
originals.

Kindertotenlieder is based on poems by Friederich Ru"ckert.

Deryk Barker
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