Urlicht

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Urlicht is a poignant song for alto and orchestra by Gustav Mahler, best known as the introspective fourth movement of his Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”).

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Urlicht canonical 3
IV. Urlicht 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral song ⓘ
associatedComposer Gustav Mahler ⓘ
associatedWork Resurrection Symphony ⓘ
catalogue part of Mahler’s vocal-orchestral output ⓘ
character introspective ⓘ
poignant ⓘ
composer Gustav Mahler ⓘ
genre Lied ⓘ
orchestral song ⓘ
key D-flat major ⓘ
movementNumber 4 ⓘ
movementOf Symphony No. 2 (Mahler) ⓘ
notableFor serving as a contemplative interlude before the symphony’s finale ⓘ
orchestrationFeature reduced orchestral forces compared to outer movements ⓘ
period late Romantic ⓘ
positionInSymphony penultimate movement before finale ⓘ
premiereContext first performed as part of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 ⓘ
scoredFor alto voice ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
tempoMarking Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht ⓘ
textLanguage German ⓘ
textSource Des Knaben Wunderhorn ⓘ
theme inner faith ⓘ
search for salvation ⓘ
spiritual longing ⓘ
titleLanguage German ⓘ
titleTranslation Primal Light ⓘ
vocalSoloist alto solo ⓘ
voiceType alto ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Resurrection Symphony → movement → IV. Urlicht ⓘ
linked to: Urlicht
Urlicht → title → Urlicht ⓘ
subject linked to: fourth movement "Urlicht"