This piece's second movement opens with shuffling strings in D minor in a manner marked as "somewhat dragging and exhausted." The cadenza-like writing of this piece's final movement, played "without regard for the tempo," includes sustained chords played by harp, mandolin, and celesta. An alto sings the fourth movement of this piece, whose articulated brass depicts men on horseback glancing at young maidens. The (*) "Farewell," or "Der Abschied," movement of this piece includes a repeated chant of the word "Ewig." On each reference, this piece's A minor first movement repeats the refrain "Dark is life, is death" a semitone higher. Movements of this piece including "the lonely one in Autumn" and "the drinking song of Earth's misery" take inspiration from six Tang dynasty poems. For 10 points, name this unnumbered song-symphony by Gustav Mahler. ■END■
ANSWER: Das Lied von der Erde [or The Song of the Earth]
<Noah Sheidlower, Auditory Fine Arts>
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