Gustav Mahler
- Author: Downes, Stephen
Gustav Mahler
- Author: Downes, Stephen
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Gustav Mahler’s status as an icon of fin-de-siècle Viennese music is assured, with his works now staples of the concert repertoire. His life story has been told in numerous biographies, films and novels, yet he remains an ambiguous, provocative figure. Mahler was a composer who challenged musical form and style but identified with German Enlightenment and Romantic culture, disliking many contemporary artistic trends. He was a Jewish conductor who reached the pinnacle of his profession in antisemitic Vienna. He was supposedly haunted by death, embroiled in a torrid marriage, and his brief meeting with Freud has spurred posthumous psychoanalytical speculations. This book, reflecting the latest research, constructs a fresh interpretation of Mahler’s music in relation to his life.
Contents
- Prologue: Mahler’s Deaths/Mahler’s Lives
- Mahler’s Childhood
- Mahler the Reader
- Mahler the Maestro
- Mahler Composing in the Country
- Gustav and Alma
- The Late Gustav Mahler
- References
- Further Reading
- Acknowledgements
- Photo Acknowledgements
