SKU: TM.01657SET

Revised by A. Cerasa; Several Editions Available Check the Soloist's Edition; Transposed: Cl solo, Hn 1+2; solo in set. See #13610 for Introduction, Theme, and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra (14 min).

SKU: TM.13302SC

Solo in set. Ed. by Bosse/Gutte. Allegro molto, Adagio, Rondo. See #00865 for Clarinet Concerto in Eb, No. 11.

SKU: TM.00789SC

Solo/pf. Rhapsodie Hebraique.

SKU: TM.00791SC

Sol/pf. Transposed: Hn 1-3, Tpt 1+2.

SKU: TM.01210SET

Violin III=Alt. Viola; flute and clarinet may be substituted for oboe and horn.

SKU: TM.00841SET

Flute and harp soli w/ piano reduction and cadenzas by Reinecke.

SKU: TM.00841SC

Flute and harp soli w/ piano reduction and cadenzas by Reinecke.

SKU: BA.BA06757

ISBN 9790006482443. 27 x 20.7 cm inches.

World Premiere 22/10/1978, Donaueschingen.

SKU: BA.BA06775

ISBN 9790006482573. 27 x 19 cm inches.

World Premiere 29/08/1980, Salzburg.

SKU: BR.OB-5641-60

ISBN 9790004348833. 10.5 x 14 inches.

The Song of the Earth, composed in the summer of 1908, is Mahler's best-known and most personal work. Reflecting drastic changes in his life, its immense emotional density is very moving. Until the very end, Mahler continued to refine the extremely differentiated instrumentation, as is evident in numerous retouchings in the autograph score and engraver's model. It is therefore all the more regrettable that he was neither able to perform his Symphony in Songs himself nor that he was involved in its printing. Unfortunately, in the posthumously published first edition of 1912 and the subsequent editions edited by Erwin Ratz and Karl Heinz Fussl, many questions remained unanswered, while other were answered in a dubious way.The edition is the first text-critical one of the work on a scientifically sound basis. It offers not only a more reliable musical text, but also systematically and lucidly prepared information on the sources, their transmission and evaluation. All editorial decisions have been documented in a transparently comprehensible manner - in particular those leading to new audible results. Work-related notes on performance practice, which for the first time include Mahler's conducting indications, offer valuable, indispensable interpretive aids. In addition to the regular five clarinet parts, the set of parts includes two additional parts (3rd clarinet/Eb clarinet, bass clarinet/3rd clarinet in places where the latter plays Eb clarinet) to allow performances with only four clarinets.The completely revised piano reduction reproduces the orchestral texture true to the score without losing sight of playability. Both Mahler's piano autograph and the piano reduction by Woss, which was commissioned by the composer himself, served as an inspiration for this.