Es sungen drei Engel

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"Es sungen drei Engel" is a song for voice and orchestra by Gustav Mahler, best known as the fifth movement of his Symphony No. 3 and based on a folk text from the collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn.

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Es sungen drei Engel canonical 1

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instanceOf orchestral song ⓘ
accompaniment orchestra ⓘ
associatedWork Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Mahler song settings) ⓘ
basedOn German folk text ⓘ
collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn (folk poetry collection) ⓘ
composer Gustav Mahler ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria-Hungary ⓘ
firstPerformanceAsPartOf premiere of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 ⓘ
genre choral movement ⓘ
song for voice and orchestra ⓘ
key F major ⓘ
language German ⓘ
movementNumber 5 ⓘ
notableRecording recording by Claudio Abbado ⓘ
recording by Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
recording by Pierre Boulez ⓘ
orchestrationFeature prominent use of bells ⓘ
use of offstage instruments ⓘ
partOf Symphony No. 3 (Mahler) ⓘ
period late Romantic ⓘ
positionInSymphony vocal movement ⓘ
textLanguage German ⓘ
textSource Des Knaben Wunderhorn ⓘ
theme childlike faith ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
religious imagery ⓘ
titleTranslation Three angels were singing ⓘ
vocalForces alto solo ⓘ
boy’s choir ⓘ
women’s choir ⓘ

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