Hello! I am new to this forum and I'm a musician but not a classical musician. However, I am working on a somewhat strange project that involves this song by Mahler and I can't figure out the tempo/BPM for this piece. Can someone on this forum figure it out? Thanks!
The score is marked "molto lento e ritenuto", so the tempo is probably on the low end of 45-60 BPM, or perhaps slower, around 40 BPM, though without losing the pulse of the music.
In addition, it may help to listen to the intensely beautiful recording from Sir John Barbirolli and mezzo soprano Dame Janet Baker, who bring the song in at 6:57:
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