Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer

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"Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer" is the intense, emotionally charged third song of Gustav Mahler’s song cycle *Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen*, expressing anguish and heartbreak.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art song ⓘ
classical music composition ⓘ
associatedComposer Gustav Mahler ⓘ
associatedWork Symphony No. 1 by Gustav Mahler ⓘ
catalogueGrouping Mahler songs ⓘ
characterType wandering journeyman ⓘ
composer Gustav Mahler ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria-Hungary ⓘ
cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ⓘ
cycleNarrativeFunction climactic expression of pain ⓘ
cyclePosition third song ⓘ
cycleTotalSongs 4 ⓘ
emotion anguish ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ
firstPerformanceApproximateDate 1890s ⓘ
genre Lied ⓘ
song cycle movement ⓘ
historicalContext fin de siècle Vienna ⓘ
linked to: Fin de siècle
language German ⓘ
lyricist Gustav Mahler ⓘ
mood desperate ⓘ
intense ⓘ
tormented ⓘ
movementNumber 3 ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
notableInterpretiveFeature dramatic orchestral writing ⓘ
intense vocal expression ⓘ
orchestrationBy Gustav Mahler ⓘ
originalInstrumentation voice and piano ⓘ
originalKey D minor ⓘ
partOf Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ⓘ
performancePractice often performed with orchestra ⓘ
often sung by baritone ⓘ
period late Romantic ⓘ
textSource poem by Gustav Mahler ⓘ
theme emotional pain ⓘ
loss ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
titleLanguage German ⓘ
titleTranslationEnglish I have a gleaming knife ⓘ
workType song from a song cycle ⓘ

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Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen → movement → Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer ⓘ
Songs of a Wayfarer → movement → “Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer” ⓘ
linked to: Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer