Leonard Bernstein - Das Lied Von Der Erde by Gustav Mahler

A personal introduction by Leonard Bernstein

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[DemTheComposer]

Fantasic!

An other pearl from the mind of the Maestro.

I've bought this orchestral score some hours ago... and its a great approach and introduction for a complete analysis in the Mahler's mind.

I am a great worshipper of his direction and hope a day of being able to comprise this that it had known to give from the beginning of its brilliant career to the musicians with he worked.

Excuse, for my "tangled" english... but I'm a sixteen italian student..

[willrobinson1229]

I have always wanted someone to articulate what moves me so much about Der Abschied. Bernstein has done that. Thank you for posting!

[speedystriper]

Great analysis of a great piece of music by a great teacher.

[minasgekos]

mr cool of classical music

[vivienmerchant]

I adore this great musician and I know people who worked with him and they all say how nice he was, apart from the obvious brilliance. Also a great sense of humour. How much I wanted to meet him and to hear/see him live.

[Varese13]

@FilmRomMusDrawingWar It is very melancholy music, but so is a good deal of music from the Romantic era. Of course, Mahler came at the very end of that era and his music reflects a sense of loss that certain creative types often undo as the result of the loss of certainty and the fear of the unknown. Add to this Mahler's personal circumstances as a Czech Jew in highly anti-semitic Austria and the fact of his impending death, and one understands the sadness all the more.

[samisyosam]

@darkprose Now we're talking on a real youtube-comment-section level.

[darkprose]

@samisyosam It's only a good solution when talking with individuals such as yourself. So, yes, I am being lazy---your words are not even worth the effort it takes to read them. Good day.

[samisyosam]

@darkprose It's the ultimate response to anything you disagree with. Instead of replying with a discussion point or a refutation, you tell the other person to "chill" or "relax" or take a valium. It lets you go straight for the ad hominem jugular. Make the other person seem wrong by painting them out as crazy.

Maybe I should use that line next time I feel like being lazy.

[paulostroff99]

@darkprose -Thank you for your quick response.,

[darkprose]

@paulostroff99 Indeed he was!

[darkprose]

@samisyosam Maybe just take the whole valium, instead.