Mahler / Henry-Louis de La Grange.
| Author/creator | La Grange, Henry-Louis de |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1973. |
| Description | 982 pages : illustrations, portraits, plates, music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / Karlheinz Stockhausen -- Background ; Family ; Origins -- 1860-74. Childhood: in search of himself and the world -- Mahler in Vienna (I): 1874-76. His years at the conservatory teachers and fellow students -- 1876-78. Friendship and admiration ; Graduation from the conservatory -- 1878-80. The intermediate years ; Melancholy, passion, literary flights ; Mahler, socialist and vegetarian -- 1880-82. Das klagende Lied ; First engagements as a conductor: Hall and Laibach -- 1882-83. Vienna and Olmutz ; Brothers and sisters ; Literary affinities -- Mahler in Kassel (I): 1883-84. Prussian bureaucracy and discipline ; Der Trompeter von Sakkingen ; Johanna Richter -- Mahler in Kassel (II): 1884-85. Conflicts and passions ; The Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen ; The Munden festival -- 1885-86. Mahler in Prague ; First big theatrical successes: The Ring, Don Giovanni, Fidelio ; The Ninth Symphony ; Conflict with Neumann -- Mahler in Leipzig (I): 1886-87. Nikisch's rivalry and illness -- Mahler in Leipzig (II): 1887-88. Die drei Pintos and the First Symphony ; Marion von Weber ; Meeting with Strauss ; Departure from Leipzig ; Last Stay in Prague -- Mahler director of the royal Budapest opera (I): 1888-89 -- Mahler director of the royal Budapest opera (II): 1889-90. Physical suffering and family tragedies ; The death of Marie Mahler and Poldi ; First crisis at the opera ; Journey to Italy -- Mahler in Budapest (III): 1890-91. Meeting with Brahms ; Cavalleria rusticana ; Count Zichy ; Farewell to Hungary -- Mahler in Hamburg (I): March-August 1891. The Hamburg opera house first triumphs ; Hofrath Pollini ; Scandinavian journey -- Mahler in Hamburg (II): 1891-92. The Wunderhorn Lieder Bulow and the Totenfeier ; The German season in London -- Mahler in Hamburg (III): July 1892-August 1893. Berchtesgaden and Steinbach ; The Cholera epidemic ; The Second Symphony ; New family problems -- Mahler in Hamburg (IV): September 1893-June 1894. J.B. Forster and The Bartered Bride ; Meetings with Richard Strauss ; First performance of the Humoresken and Titan in Hamburg and Weimar Bulow's funeral -- Mahler in Hamburg (V): June 1894-May 1895. Completion of the Second Symphony ; Bruno Walter ; Mahler's position in Hamburg ; The subscription concerts ; Otto's death -- Mahler in Hamburg (VI): June 1892-February 1896. The Third Symphony premiere of the Second Symphony ; Anna von Mildenburg -- Mahler in Hamburg (VII): February-July 1896. Emotional storms ; Failure in Berlin ; The first movement of the Third Symphony -- Mahler in Hamburg (VIII): July 1896-January 1897. Completion of the Third Symphony ; Setback in Leipzig and success in Dresden ; The call of the God of the Southern regions -- Mahler in Hamburg (IX): January-April 1897. Third setback in Berlin first international tour ; Departure from Hamburg -- May-July 1897. Vienna and Viennese music ; Conditions at the opera -- Mahler in Vienna (II): July-September 1897. Substitute director ; Opening of the new season ; The opera under Jahn -- Mahler in Vienna (III): September 1897-Februrary 1898. Official appointment ; First productions ; Conflicts with Leoncavallo -- Mahler in Vienna (IV): March-December 1898. First philharmonic concerts ; First battles at the opera ; The Ring and Der Freischutz -- Mahler in Vienna (V): January-May 1899. New Anti-Semitic campaign ; Second Philharmonic season ; The Second Symphony in Vienna -- Mahler in Vienna (VI): May-December 1899. War with the administration ; Difficulties with the singers ; Aussee, the Fourth Symphony -- Mahler in Vienna (VII): December 1899-April 1900. Fresh Anti-Semitic attacks ; Richter's departure ; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony ; Hirschfeld's declaration of war -- Mahler in Vienna (VIII): April-August 1900. Engagement of Gutheil-Schoder ; Paris ; Maiernigg ; Completion of the Fourth Symphony -- Mahler in Vienna (IX): August-December 1900. Quarrel with the Buhnenverein ; Triumph of the Second Symphony in Munich ; Failure of the Frist in Vienna ; Beginning of the third season of the philharmonic -- Mahler of Vienna (X): January-September 1901. Premiere of Das klagende Lied ; Illness and operation ; Resignation from the philharmonic ; The Fifth Symphony and the Ruckert Lieder -- Mahler in Vienna (XI): September-December 1901. Corresptondence with Strauss ; Arrival of Bruno Walter ; Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor and Les Contes d'Hoffmann ; Premiere of the Fourth Symphony -- Mahler in Vienna (XII): December 1901-January 1902. Mahler in love ; Alma Schindler ; Engagement. |
| General note | Revised edition published in French under title: Gustav Mahler. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 72076147 |
| ISBN | 0385005245 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML410.M23 L3 1973 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.M23 L3 1973 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |