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The last of the great late-romantic composers, Gustav Mahler was born in Austria in 1860. Although born in the Jewish faith, he converted to Catholicism in 1897 but held a more expansive philosophy than either religion offered. Mahler began studying piano, harmony, and composition at the Vienna show more Conservatory at the age of 15. At the age of 20, he began conducting and held positions at the Budapest Imperial Opera (1880--90), the Hamburg Municipal Theater (1891--97), the Vienna State Opera (1897--1907), the Metropolitan Opera House of New York (1908--10), and the New York Philharmonic (1909--11). As a conductor, Mahler held his orchestras to very high standards, but it was as a composer of symphonies that he is best remembered and revered. Mahler completed nine symphonies and, at his death, left one unfinished which was later completed by another composer. He also wrote five series of songs for solo voices with orchestra. The last of these---"The Song of the Earth" (1908)---was first performed after Mahler's death and is thought by many music experts to be his finest work. In it, he expresses feelings of pleasure and foreboding, both of which characterized the mood of the late romantic period. Mahler's work often mixed simplicity with sophistication, lofty ideas with strong feelings, and the grotesque or fantastic with the common and ordinary. While Mahler's symphonies are regarded as the high point of the romantic period, they also include elements that foreshadowed the age to follow, influencing such composers as Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton von Webern. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Gustav Mahler

Mahler: Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor (sound recording) (1902) — Composer — 223 copies, 12 reviews
The song of the earth [sound recording] (1911) — Composer — 201 copies, 5 reviews
Symphony No. 4 in G [sound recording] (1902) — Composer — 174 copies, 10 reviews
Symphony no.1 in D major "Titan" [sound recording] (2019) — Composer — 173 copies, 2 reviews
Mahler: Symphony no.9 in D major [sound recording] (2010) — Composer — 163 copies, 2 reviews
Symphony No. 8 [sound recording] (2005) 157 copies, 4 reviews
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (2009) 131 copies, 2 reviews
Symphony no. 3 in D minor (sound recording) (1992) — Composer — 102 copies, 3 reviews
Symphony No. 10 [sound recording] (2011) — Composer — 60 copies
The song of the earth [full score] (1988) — Composer — 58 copies
Symphony No. 9 [full score] (1993) 51 copies, 1 review
Mahler : Symphony no.7 {score : full} {Dover} (1992) — Composer — 38 copies
Symphony No. 6 in A Minor [score] (1984) 29 copies, 1 review
Mahler: Das Klagende Lied (1993) 27 copies
Symphony No. 9 (1969) 17 copies, 1 review
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1981) 13 copies, 1 review
Briefe (1982) — Author — 12 copies
Kindertotenlieder (1924) 12 copies, 5 reviews
Mahler: Lieder (2005) 11 copies
Abbado Mahler (2014) 11 copies
Mahler : Symphony no.4 in G Major {score} (2010) — Composer — 11 copies
Songs of a Wayfarer 8 copies, 2 reviews
Mahler's Unknown Letters (1986) 8 copies
Ein Glück ohne Ruh' (1995) 7 copies
Correspondence, 1888-1911 (1982) 6 copies
Lieder from Des Knaben Wunderhorn [sound recording] (2006) — Composer — 5 copies
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (2015) 5 copies, 1 review
Mahler. Lieder 4 copies, 1 review
Love Songs [sound recording] (2021) — Composer — 4 copies
Mahler: Lieder (1983) 4 copies
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) (1995) 3 copies
Mahler: Song Cycles (1990) 3 copies
Hugo Wolf & Gustav Mahler: Lieder [sound recording] (1989) — Composer — 3 copies
The song of the earth [vocal score] (1962) — Composer — 3 copies
Mahler: Symphony # Ten. (2004) 2 copies
Tár: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture (2022) — Composer — 2 copies
Mahler: Adagio (1997) 2 copies
Symphony No. 5 & Ades Aslya [video recording] (2003) — Composer — 2 copies
Klavier quartett (1997) 2 copies
Orchestral Lieder (1999) 2 copies
Mahler: Symphony 2 Resurrection (2008) 2 copies, 1 review
Lettres à Alma (1979) 2 copies
Resurrection 2 copies
Sinfonías num 1 a num 9 (1998) 2 copies
Seven Songs (1985) 2 copies
Lieder (2008) 2 copies
Mahler - Symphony 2 etc (2000) 2 copies
Symphony No.10 (2010) 2 copies
Brahms - Wolf - Mahler: Lieder [sound recording] (2010) — Composer — 2 copies
Adagietto (1992) 2 copies
Twenty Four Songs: Vol IV (1961) 2 copies
Carteggio 1888-1911 (1991) 2 copies
Mahler - Lieder (2001) 2 copies
Symphony No. 3 D minor (2018) 1 copy
Symphony No. 4 (2019) 1 copy
Des Knaben Wunderhorn (2018) 1 copy
Mahler Collection (1990) 1 copy
Compositores 1 copy, 1 review
Sym No 5 1 copy
Symphonies 1 copy
Michael Gielen Edition (2014) 1 copy
Mahler: 10 Symphonien (1991) 1 copy
Songs of Youth (1987) 1 copy
Symphony No.4 (2021) 1 copy
Symphonie IV 1 copy
Song Cycles (1990) 1 copy
Song of destiny, Op.54 + ? [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy, 1 review
De Symfonieen Van (2002) 1 copy
Mahler Songs 1 copy
Urlicht 1 copy
Levine conducts Mahler — Composer — 1 copy
Leider 1 copy
Lieder (2001) 1 copy
Mahler: Lieder (2005) 1 copy
Mahler: Lieder (2009) 1 copy
Symphonie No. 1 in D major 1 copy, 1 review
Die zwei blauen Augen (2001) 1 copy
Mahler Prokofieff 1 copy, 1 review
Mahler Adagios 1 copy, 1 review
Mahler Adagios [sound recording] (2010) — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler: 'Titan' Symphony No. 1 — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler: Songs of Youth (2004) 1 copy
Songs of Youth (2004) 1 copy
Mahler: Symphon, No. 4 (2010) 1 copy
Des Knaben Wunderhorn (2000) 1 copy
Mahler : Symphony No. 4; Lieder — Composer — 1 copy
Das klagende Lied [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Das Lied von der Erde (2015) 1 copy
Sieben Lieder und Gesänge 1 copy, 1 review
Lieder (2010) 1 copy
Kindertotenlieder (1986) 1 copy
Mahler, Symphony # Four G. — Composer — 1 copy
Symphony No. 9; Lieder (2003) 1 copy
Songs 1 copy
Lieder aus 1 copy, 1 review
Symphony N. 6 in A minor 1 copy, 1 review
Symphony No 9 in D major 1 copy, 1 review
Blumine 1 copy
TITAN Symphony no1 — Composer — 1 copy
Symphony No. 9 — Composer — 1 copy
Symphonie No. 1, "Titan" [sound recording] (1988) — Composer — 1 copy
Mahler: Lieder (2010) 1 copy

Associated Works

Death in Venice [1971 film] (1971) — Composer — 107 copies
Mahler [1974 film] (1974) — Composer — 29 copies, 3 reviews
The Vocal Library : The Lieder Anthology : Low Voice (2003) — Composer — 14 copies
Bach: Transcriptions — Transcription — 5 copies
Mahler: Symphony No 5 (2002 Rattle) — Composer — 3 copies, 1 review
Queen of Night, Maiden of Light (2009) — Composer — 3 copies
Mahler: Lieder (2014) — Composer — 2 copies

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Birthdate
1860-07-07
Date of death
1911-05-18
Gender
male
Education
Vienna Conservatoire
University of Vienna
Occupations
composer
conductor
Relationships
Mahler-Werfel, Alma (wife)
Bauer-Lechner, Natalie (friend)
Berliner, Arnold (friend)
Nationality
Austria
Birthplace
Kaliště, Bohemia
Places of residence
Hamburg, Germany
Vienna, Austria
Place of death
Vienna, Austria
Burial location
Grinzing Cemetery, near Vienna, Austria
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Reviews

172 reviews
Klemperer's performances were notable above all for their heroic dimensions and his architectural grasp. The detail revealed by his unfailingly lucid textures (predominent woodwind was a feature of his style) was always subject to his conception of a work as a whole. Yet this does justice only to the apollonian aspect of an unusually complex musical temperament. Until his later years, when his tempos became increasingly slow, his performances were also distinguished by a power and intensity show more that always remained subject to his grasp of structure. His outstanding achievement was to reveal the full extent of Mahler's genius, by rescuing his music from the rather sentimental style of interpretation that had been widely accepted. show less
Walter did three commercial recordings of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, of which the second, with the tenor Julius Patzak, the contralto Kathleen Ferrier, and the Vienna Philharmonic, is generally regarded as the best. Ferrier was dying of cancer when this performance was taped in Vienna's Musikvereinsaal, and her singing of the concluding Abschied is harrowing in its contained intensity.
What can one say after reading the definitive review by USYDArtsMusicLibrary - perhaps one could say that they are lovely songs.

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Rating
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Reviews
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ISBNs
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Languages
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Favorited
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