Revelge

E837257

"Revelge" is a darkly ironic military-themed art song by Gustav Mahler, based on a folk poem from the collection "Des Knaben Wunderhorn."

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Revelge canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art song ⓘ
accompanimentCharacter march-like ⓘ
basedOn folk poem from Des Knaben Wunderhorn ⓘ
collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Mahler song collection) ⓘ
composer Gustav Mahler ⓘ
composerNationality Austrian ⓘ
cycle Mahler’s Wunderhorn songs ⓘ
linked to: Mahler song cycles
form strophic with variations ⓘ
genre art song ⓘ
military song ⓘ
language German ⓘ
lyricContent combines macabre imagery with march rhythms ⓘ
depicts a dead or doomed marching regiment ⓘ
motivicFeature persistent marching rhythm ⓘ
use of drum-like piano/orchestral figures ⓘ
musicalFeature chromatic harmony ⓘ
extreme dynamic contrasts ⓘ
use of march and fanfare figures ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person soldier narrator ⓘ
originalKey D minor ⓘ
periodOfComposition late 19th century ⓘ
relatedWorkByComposer Der Tamboursg’sell ⓘ
Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen ⓘ
other Des Knaben Wunderhorn songs by Mahler ⓘ
setting battlefield ⓘ
style late-Romantic ⓘ
subjectOf musicological analysis on Mahler’s use of irony ⓘ
recordings by various Lieder singers ⓘ
textAuthor anonymous folk poet ⓘ
textCollectionEditors Achim von Arnim ⓘ
Clemens Brentano ⓘ
textSource Des Knaben Wunderhorn ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
grotesque irony ⓘ
military march ⓘ
war ⓘ
tone darkly ironic ⓘ
vocalForces voice and orchestra ⓘ
voice and piano ⓘ
workNumbering part of Mahler’s Wunderhorn settings without symphonic number ⓘ

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