Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen: Into This World I Came As a Lost One (Piano/Choral Score)
by Gustav Mahler
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB choir and piano or chamber orchestra (Chamber Orchestra: Oboe, English Horn, 2 Clarinets in B-flat, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns in F, Harp, Strings (4-4-3-2-2)) - Intermediate

SKU: EC.5755

Composed by Gustav Mahler and Stanley M. Hoffman. Arranged by Stanley M. Hoffman. Advanced/Collegiate. Secular, Romantic. Piano/choral score. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #5755. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.5755).

ISBN 600313457555. UPC: 600313457555. English, German. Text: Friedrich Ruckert.

Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) completed the composition of this work in 1901. The original version, scored for solo voice and chamber orchestra, is one of the Rückert-Lieder (Friedrich Rückert, poet [1788–1866]). Stanley M. Hoffman completed his arrangement for SATB chorus and piano in 2001.

Hoffman says of his arrangement: "Rather than taking the easy way out by placing a pre-existing accompaniment from a piano/vocal score beneath the newly created alto, tenor, and bass choral parts (the soprano part retaining the original melody throughout), I went back to the orchestral score and created my own piano reduction. Bracketed items indicate editorial additions intended to make the arrangement more effective. The piece should be performed in a hushed manner throughout. This edition also includes a sensitively conceived English singing translation by Robert Schuneman."

In 2015, Stanley M. Hoffman inserted his choral arrangement into the original chamber orchestra score. Duration: 6:00.