Talk:Gurre-Lieder

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I'm curious as to what evidence there is that the principal influence on Gurre-lieder is Mahler. I don't see that, and I don't believe that Schoenberg had come under Mahler's influence as of 1901. He and Zemlinsky attended a rehearsal for the 3rd symphony (1902), and became Mahlerian converts at that time. I'd say the clearest influence on Gurre-lieder is that of Wagner--especially "Tristan". To a lesser extent, one might argue for the influence of his teacher and musical confidant Zemlinsky, but Wagner is the obvious candidate. Museslave

[edit] Why such a huge orchestra?

Has Schönberg ever talked about why he chose to score it for such a huge orchestra? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.216.138.66 (talk) 23:26, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orchestral Interlude in Part 1 missing & some minor formatting issues

Added the Interlude as Part 1, No.11 and corrected some german orthography --Michael Petersen (talk) 15:29, 13 May 2008 (UTC)