Mahler / by Michael Kennedy ; with eight pages of plates and music examples in text.
| Author/creator |
Kennedy, Michael, 1926-2014 |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | London : Dent, [1978, ©1974] |
| Description | x, 196 pages : portraits, plates, music, facsimiles ; 20 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | The Master musicians series Master musicians series. ^A260201 |
| Contents | The boy martyr -- Bruckner's disciples -- On the treadmill -- Hamburg's Pygmalion -- Vienna -- Alma -- New York -- 'Abschied' -- Characteristics -- Songs and symphony no. 1 -- Wunderhorn symphonies -- Ruckert symphonies -- The eighth symphony -- Das Lied von der Erde -- Symphonies 9 and 10 -- Appendices. Mahler's 're-touchings' of Beethoven. |
| Abstract | In recent years there has been a tremendous increase of interest in the music and personality of Gustav Mahler, now regarded as a crucial figure in the transition from nineteenth- to twentieth-century musical styles and developments. Mahler's music is a particularly intimate reflection of his life and thought, his sense of isolation springing from his Jewish birth and his continual introspective self-questioning on matters of belief and the role of mankind. 'The symphony is the world', he said, 'it must embrace everything.' In this story of Mahler's life, the author re-examines all existing material, corrects some factual errors and shifts some of the emphases. He attaches particular importance to Mahler's conducting and finds him a less neurotic, unreasonable figure than has sometimes been presented, but unquestionably a great and tragic personality. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189) and index. |
| LCCN | 74174532 |
| ISBN | 0460031414 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML410.M23 K45 1978 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |