by Alma Mahler (1879 - 1964)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The celebration of the spirit
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
“Gustav Mahler – from the struggles of abstraction, Oskar Kokoschka, the genius, Walter Gropius, the improviser of cultures and wills – And Joseph Fraenkel, the genial improviser … From Walter I want children – from Oskar, works – from Fraenkel, the celebration of the spirit that he never offered me. I wish that Fraenkel had moved into my house to live the rest of his life with me.”
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Alma Mahler (1879 - 1964) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Mohammed Fairouz (b. 1985), "The celebration of the spirit", 2011 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Jeder Mensch, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2016-02-09
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Word count: 68