Wenn dein Mütterlein

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"Wenn dein Mütterlein" is the first song of Gustav Mahler’s orchestral song cycle *Kindertotenlieder*, a poignant setting of Friedrich Rückert’s poems on the death of children.

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Wenn dein Mütterlein canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art song ⓘ
orchestral song ⓘ
accompaniment orchestra ⓘ
piano (in alternative version) ⓘ
associatedPerson Friedrich Rückert ⓘ
Gustav Mahler ⓘ
associatedWork Kindertotenlieder (song cycle) ⓘ
linked to: Kindertotenlieder
catalogueNote no official opus number, part of Kindertotenlieder ⓘ
composer Gustav Mahler ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria-Hungary ⓘ
cycleTheme death of children ⓘ
genre Lied ⓘ
hasInstrumentation voice and orchestra ⓘ
voice and piano ⓘ
key A minor ⓘ
language German ⓘ
musicalPeriod Late Romantic ⓘ
notableFeature first song to introduce the emotional world of Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder ⓘ
openingWords Wenn dein Mütterlein ⓘ
partOf Kindertotenlieder ⓘ
positionInWork first song ⓘ
subjectMatter grief of a parent for a dead child ⓘ
tempoMarking Sehr langsam und zurückhaltend ⓘ
textBy Friedrich Rückert ⓘ
textSource Kindertotenlieder poems by Friedrich Rückert ⓘ
linked to: Kindertotenlieder
theme memory of the dead ⓘ
mourning ⓘ
parental love ⓘ
titleLanguage German ⓘ
titleTranslation When your dear mother ⓘ
vocalForces solo voice ⓘ
workType song from a cycle ⓘ

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Kindertotenlieder → movement → Wenn dein Mütterlein ⓘ