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Kindertotenlieder

Kindertotenlieder
Song cycle by Gustav Mahler
Pencil portrait of Mahler by Emil Orlík, c. 1903
EnglishSongs on the Death of Children
Textpoems by Friedrich Rückert
LanguageGerman
Composed1901 (1901)–04
Performed29 January 1905 (1905-01-29)
Durationc. 25 minutes
Movementsfive
Scoring
  • voice
  • orchestra

Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) is a song cycle (1904) for voice and orchestra by Gustav Mahler. The words of the songs are poems by Friedrich Rückert.


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