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Gustav Mahler: Volume 3. Vienna: Triumph and Disillusion (1904-1907)

By: Henry-Louis de La Grange

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Gustav Mahler: Volume 3. Vienna: Triumph and Disillusion (1904-1907)

By: Henry-Louis de La Grange

This is the third volume of de La Grange's monumental study of the life and music of Gustav Mahler, one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. Forty years of research and a vast array of documentary material are here co-ordinated into the definitive study of this supremely gifted musician. This volume, covering the years 1904-1907, shows Mahler in his final years at the Hofoper coping with the rival demands on his energy and creative powers of the Opera on the one hand and his continuing struggle for recognition as composer in his own right. It describes the tragic events of 1907, Mahlers last year in Vienna: the death of his daughter Putzi, the crisis which led him to leave the Opera, and the alarming medical diagnosis which made him cut down on much loved physical activities, at least for a time.

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019315160X

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9780193151604

Gustav Mahler, the Arduous Road to Vienna (1860-1897)

By: Henry-Louis De La Grange

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Gustav Mahler, the Arduous Road to Vienna (1860-1897)

By: Henry-Louis De La Grange

This long awaited revised volume I completes Henry-Louis de La Grange's four-volume English language biography of the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), which is widely considered to be the definitive work on the subject. The present instalment, covering the years 1860 to 1897, traces the life and career of Mahler from his birth in a small village in Bohemia to his appointment to the Vienna Hofoper, then the most prestigious opera house in the world. It describes his family background, his student days at the Vienna Conservatory, his private life, and his burgeoning career as both conductor and composer. Starting at a small summer theatre in Bad Hall, his first engagements took him to Laibach (Ljubljana), Olmutz (Olomouc), Kassel, Prague, and Leipzig, before he was appointed to principal posts at the important opera houses of Budapest (1888) and Hamburg (1891). By now Mahler had also begun to establish himself as a composer. Some of his major works - starting with "Das Klagende Lied" (1881) - the early "Wunderhorn" songs, "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen", and the first three symphonies date from this period of his life. While regularly rejected by contemporary critics, today they are favourites of the concert repertoire.

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250358814X

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9782503588148

Gustav Mahler

By: Henry-Louis De la Grange

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Gustav Mahler

By: Henry-Louis De la Grange

Este libro no sólo cuenta la maravillosa trayectoria de un músico que, nacido en una oscura ciudad de Bohemia, llegó a convertirse en director de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Nueva York. Además, relata una página fundamental de la historia de la cultura, la de la música a comienzos del siglo xx en la Europa central y, sobre todo, en Viena. Durante sus diez años como director artístico de la Ópera de la capital austríaca, Mahler suscitó entusiasmo y controversias apasionadas. Su matrimonio con Alma Schindler y los dramas de su vida familiar contribuyeron a su celebridad. Su obra –arraigada en las postrimerías del romanticismo pero destinada a desbrozar el camino de un nuevo lenguaje musical– y el prestigio de su persona lo convirtieron en una figura mayor de una ciudad como Viena, auténtico crisol de unas transformaciones artísticas e intelectuales que todavía hoy no dejan de fascinarnos. La publicación, entre 1979 y 1984, de los tres volúmenes que constituyen la gran biografía dedicada por Henry-Louis de La Grange a Gustav Mahler, supuso un auténtico acontecimiento, que contribuyó a revelar a un genio de la música con una vida fascinante y conmovedora, que aspiraba a que su obra reflejara «la creación entera» y que se convirtió en «un instrumento del universo». La necesidad de facilitar el acceso del mayor número posible de personas a tan magna empresa llevó a realizar una edición más breve que, sin ser esquemática, resumiera lo esencial de las casi cuatro mil páginas originales. El resultado lo tiene el lector entre sus manos: sin lugar a dudas, la biografía definitiva de uno de los compositores fundamentales de la historia de la música.

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Ediciones Akal, S.A.

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8446039540

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9788446039549

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Gustav Mahler: Volume 3. Vienna: Triumph and Disillusion (1904-1907)

Gustav Mahler: Volume 3. Vienna: Triumph and Disillusion (1904-1907)

Gustav Mahler, the Arduous Road to Vienna (1860-1897)

Gustav Mahler, the Arduous Road to Vienna (1860-1897)

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