THE MUSICAL-POETIC WORLD OF GUSTAV MAHLER’S EARLY CHAMBER-VOCAL CYCLES
THE MUSICAL-POETIC WORLD OF GUSTAV MAHLER’S EARLY CHAMBER-VOCAL CYCLES

Summary/Abstract: The relevance of the paper is in the target setting of the early vocal creative work of Gustav Mahler, an outstanding Austrian composer – the Cycle of Songs to Josephine Poisl, Fourteen Songs and Romances from Youth, Songs of a Wayfarer. This study is focused on exploring the early chamber-vocal cycles of G. Mahler in terms of style and musical theme features. The said topic has not yet been an object of a separate study. It was partly covered by such musicologists as I. Barsova, I. Leopa, D. Mitchell, Z. Roman, who studied the genesis and interaction issues of the word and music in the above-mentioned chamber-vocal cycles by G. Mahler. The research methodology is based on biographical, historical-cultural, system-analytical and comparative methods.

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