Hidden treasures : cultural, social, and political commentary in Mahler's songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn /

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-257) and index.Gustav Mahler's Lieder from Des Knaben Wunderhorn : Questions of Conception, History, and Genre -- "A final remnant of a sense of duty" : Mahler's Anti-Militarist Commentary -- "Vehement and consuming longing, mixed with dread and anxiety" : Mahler's Thoughts on Love and Romantic Fidelity -- "Wrestling with God" : Mahler and Spirituality -- "The risky obstacles in society which are quite dangerous for women" : Commentary on Gender Roles in the Wunderhorn Songs -- "Highly complicated activity of the mind" : Songs with a Freudian Slant -- "The brutal bourgeoisie" : Mahler and Socioeconomic Equality -- "The misery of a pioneer" : Mahler's Responses to Critics and Audiences -- Conclusion."This study explores Mahler's songs based on poetry from an 1805 collection of German folk poetry entitled Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Alte deutsche Lieder, collected by Arnim and Brentano, and identifies the connections the composer found between these products of Germany's folk past and his own cultural, social and political environments"--