Das klagende Lied

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Das klagende Lied
Cantata by Gustav Mahler
The composer in 1893
English	Song of Lamentation
Text	by Mahler
Based on	fairy-tale
Composed	from 1878
Movements	three
Scoring	soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, boy soprano, boy alto mixed choir orchestra offstage orchestra
Premiere
Date	17 February 1901 (1901-02-17)
Location	Vienna
Conductor	Mahler

Das klagende Lied (Song of Lamentation) is a cantata by Gustav Mahler, composed between 1878 and 1880 and greatly revised over the next two decades. In its original form, Das klagende Lied is the earliest of his works to have survived (a fragment, the Piano Quartet movement in A minor, is believed to date from 1876).