Conductor and composer Gustav Mahler was born into a Jewish family of modest means in Bohemia, in the Austrian Empire, in 1860; he died in Vienna in 1911. Mahler was one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer, he acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition of Romanticism and the Modernism of the early 20th century. While in his lifetime his status as a conductor was established beyond question, his own musical compositions gained wide popularity only after periods of relative neglect, including a ban on its performance in much of Europe during the Nazi era. After 1945 the music was discovered and championed by a new generation of listeners; Mahler has become one of the most frequently performed and recorded of all composers, a position he has sustained into the 21st century.
Includes Register of Mahler's Works; Bibliography; Index; and seventeen black-and-white photographs
Includes Register of Mahler's Works; Bibliography; Index; and seventeen black-and-white photographs
