The choice of these two texts was not arbitrary; Goethe, a poet whom Mahler revered, believed that Veni creator embodied aspects of his own philosophy, and had translated it into German in 1820.
A elección destes dous textos non foi arbitraria; Goethe , un poeta que Mahler admiraba, cría que Veni Creator encarnaba os aspectos da súa propia filosofía e traduciuno ao alemán en 1820.