The famous Austrian composer Gustav Mahler completed the musical masterpiece "Song of the Earth" in 1909

which inherits the tradition of Romanticism and the color of modern music in the early twentieth century

and at the same time

the borrowing of Chinese poetry and national tunes from the Tang Dynasty has added soul and new flesh and blood to both the form and the content of the work. This paper is divided into three parts

the first part is a brief overview of the background of the creation of "Song of the Earth"

the second part is a deeper study and analysis of the characteristics of the musical creation of "Song of the Earth" from the lyrics of the script

the musical style and the concept of creation

the third part is a study and analysis of "Song of the Earth" from the three aspects of the artistic value of the work

the promotion of the exchange of Chinese and Western music culture and the promotion of the development of the music translation industry. The third part summarizes the influence and significance of "Song of the Earth" in three aspects: the artistic value of the work itself

the promotion of Chinese and Western music and cultural exchanges and the development of the music translation industry. It is hoped that the author's analysis of the characteristics of Mahler's Song of the Earth can provide theoretical reference for other researchers in this field.