Et que l'amour t'attend
Toréador, l'amour, l'amour t'attend!
Carmen Jones:
Until you hear that bell, that final bell,
You’ve got to fight like hell
It takes good singer diction to say l’amour t’attend and not la mort t’attend.
BIG difference!!
There’s a great series on the music of Gustav Mahler: “Embrace Everything”
https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/embrace-everything/
And it points out the folk tunes Gustav heard growing up
Essentially, Gustav grew up in Iglau (Jihlava), a thriving military and trade centre within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Young Gustav was exposed to an infinite variety of music from all periods of history and every corner of the Empire.
Iglau was home to an amateur orchestra, a professional theatre, an opera and the church of St. Jakob, each richly contributing to the musical life of the community. In addition, Gustav experienced a wide range of music from local and extended folk traditions, which included characteristic dances and songs of Jewish, Moravian, Czech, Austrian, German and Bohemian origins.
Since Iglau was also a major staging point for the Austrian army, colourful military bands regularly participated in local festivals and engaged in concert activities. The memories of these musical impressions, alongside the stunning natural beauty of the Moravian countryside, would haunt Mahler for the rest of his life and dynamically reverberate in his compositions.
https://interlude.hk/gustav-mahler-born-7-july-1860-the-visionary-of-musics-modern-soul/
Marching music, klezmer, all sorts.
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