Gustav Mahler
- Auteur: Stephen Downes (Engeland)
- Soort boek: biografie, muziekboek
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Reaktion Books
- Reeks: Critical Lives
- Verschijnt: 1 april 2025
- Omvang: 216 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Prijs: £ 12,99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Stephen Downes Gustav Mahler biografie recensie en review
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Flaptekst van de biografie van de Duitse componist Gustav Mahler
The ambiguous, provocative Austrian composer and conductor Gustav Mahler.
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.