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Kindertotenlieder · No. 4

Gustav Mahler · 1901–04 · E♭ major · 72 bars · 167 chords analysed

“Songs on the Death of Children” sets five poems that Friedrich Rückert wrote after losing two of his children. Mahler composed them between 1901 and 1904; tragically, his own daughter died a few years later. The score here is for voice and piano.

Keys visited: E♭ major, E♭ minor, G♭ major, G♭ minor.