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1. Gustav Mahler, Vol. 4: A New Life Cut Short, 1907-1911 by Henry-Louis De La Grange | |
Hardcover: 1072
Pages
(2008-04-07)
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Monumental, but seriously flawed
For Mahler fans, it's like dying and going to Heaven
An amazing denouement of an amazing series
A Giant
BRILLIANT AND A CELEBRATION FOR ALL MAHLER LOVERS |
2. Why Mahler?: How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World by Norman Lebrecht | |
Hardcover: 336
Pages
(2010-10-12)
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Editorial Review Product Description Although Gustav Mahler was a famous conductor in Vienna and New York, the music that he wrote was condemned during his lifetime and for many years after his death in 1911. “Pages of dreary emptiness,” sniffed a leading American conductor. Yet today, almost one hundred years later, Mahler has displaced Beethoven as a box-office draw and exerts a unique influence on both popular music and film scores. Customer Reviews (4)
Beware---Paul above is not far off the mark though Norman is always worth reading.
Why Mahler?
Transcendent Mahler
Disgraceful,shameful, repellent ! |
3. The Mahler Symphonies: An Owner's Manual (includes 1 CD) by David Hurwitz | |
Paperback: 224
Pages
(2004-11-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Mahler was a commanding figure in his own time and renowned as the greatest living conductor. His works summarize the great German symphonic tradition. Mahler’s Symphonies: An Owner’s Manual is the first discussion of the ten completed symphonies (No. 1–9 plus The Song of the Earth) to offer music lovers and record collectors a comprehensive overview of the music itself, what it sounds like, how it is organized, its form, content, and meaning, as it strikes today’s listeners. The book caters to the novice as David Hurwitz describes what the listener will hear, section by section, using simple cues such as important instrumental solos, recognizable tunes, climaxes, and other easily audible musical facts. He explains how each work is arranged, how the various parts relate to each other, and how one work leads to the next. The emphasis throughout is on the experience of listening, and how each symphony embodies Mahler’s dictum that the symphony "must embrace the world. It must contain everything." In considering each of these epic "sound worlds" in turn, Mahler’s Symphonies: An Owner’s Manual describes the emotional extravagance that lies at the root of Mahler’s popularity, the consistency of his symphonic thinking, the relationship of each work to its companions, and his dazzling and revolutionary use of orchestral instruments to create an expressive musical language that is varied in content and immediate in impact. Customer Reviews (8)
Mahler's symphonies- an owner's manual
Better book than I thought at first
helpful book
Specialized Mahler Book
An intro to Mahler |
4. Mahler (The Master Musicians Series) by Michael Kennedy | |
Paperback: 256
Pages
(2001-05-17)
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excellent introduction
A Good Read... |
5. Gustav Mahler and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra Tour America by Mary H. Wagner | |
Paperback: 272
Pages
(2006-09-08)
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6. Gustav Mahler: New Insights Into His Life, Times and Work (Guildhall Research Studies) by Alfred Mathis-Rosenzweig | |
Paperback: 256
Pages
(2007-04-07)
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7. Gustav Mahler: The Wunderhorn Years : Chronicles and Commentaries (Vol 2) by Donald Mitchell | |
Paperback: 528
Pages
(2005-06-09)
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8. Recollections of Gustav Mahler by Natalie Bauer-Lechner, Dika Newlin | |
Hardcover: 232
Pages
(1980-08-31)
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Thank Heavens for Natalie!
A Valuable Personal View of Mahler |
9. Gustav Mahler: Songs and Symphonies of Life and Death. Interpretations and Annotations (Music) (Vol 3) by Donald Mitchell | |
Paperback: 664
Pages
(2008-04-17)
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10. Gustav Mahler by Kurt Blaukopf | |
Paperback: 279
Pages
(1985-05)
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11. Symphony No. 6 in A Minor by Gustav Mahler | |
Paperback: 256
Pages
(2003-03-27)
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Very comprehensive |
12. Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies by Constantin Floros | |
Hardcover: 366
Pages
(2003-04-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description In Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies Constantin Floros undertakes a precise and detailed exploration of each of Mahler's ten symphonies and Das Lied von der Erde, bringing to light various aspects of the works. Professor Floros examines their history and autobiographical origins and discusses the events that profoundly influenced the composer's writing. For example, Mahler's meeting with Alma Schindler in November 1901 and the tragic events of 1907—the death of the composer's older daughter and the diagnosis of his heart trouble—profoundly changed Mahler's attitude toward life and subsequently changed his music. Floros analyses Mahler's compositional techniques in each symphony and relates these to stylistic and semantic aspects to decode Mahler's symbolic musical language. The author is thus able to identify certain basic qualities of these works: tragic irony, the sense of the grotesque, and the affirmation of Mahler's belief both in life after death and in the power of love to transcend death. Customer Reviews (6)
Excellent study, but low on Mahler's psychology
A Trustworthy Private Tutor
Mahler Symphonies aren't programmic and story-like
Absolutely Indispensable for the Mahlerite.
Outstanding |
13. Gustav Mahler : Memories and Letters by Alma Mahler | |
Paperback: 409
Pages
(1968-06)
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14. Gustav Mahler: Letters To His Wife by Gustav Mahler, Henry-Louis De LA Grange, Gunther Weiss | |
Hardcover: 431
Pages
(2004-10-14)
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Editorial Review Product Description "Once the stiffness of unfamiliarity has been softened by a few months of marriage, Mahler’s style of correspondence with Alma is generally simple, direct, and astonishingly down-to-earth. In a manner akin to that of his musical style, he spikes his language with witticisms and double-entendres, colloquialisms and quotations from librettos and classical works of literature."—from the Preface This profusely illustrated collection of Gustav Mahler’s letters to his wife Alma is more comprehensive than any previous edition; it contains 350 letters, 188 of them until now unpublished. Since 1995, when the German edition of this book was first published, two events have served to expand its horizons: the publication in 1997 of the complete text of Alma’s early diaries, dating from January 1898 to March 1902, and the publication in 2003 of a catalogue of all Mahler letters acquired from the Moldenhauer Archives. With the aid of this new material, the editors were also able to revise the dates assigned to many of the letters. Commentaries and annotations throughout the book have been corrected and expanded annotations included. The editors’ introduction provides a biographical context for the correspondence that follows. Customer Reviews (2)
Alma was no angel--except in Mahler's mind
Mahler's Muse |
15. Symphony No. 5 (Kalmus Edition) by Gustav Mahler | |
Paperback: 116
Pages
(2000-06-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description The Dover score of Mahler's "Symphony No. 5 in C-sharpMinor" is a reprint of one originally published in 1904 byC.F. Peters of Leipzig. They've spruced it up with the addition of ahelpful four-page glossary of German musical terms with their Englishequivalents. Unlike the three symphonies that immediately preceded it,"Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor" is not programmatic innature, nor does it make use of singers. Mahler composed it during hisengagement and early years of marriage to Alma Schindler. Thesymphony's structure builds to the resounding climax of the finalmovement, pausing at the fourth movement for a meditation on his lovefor Alma. This is a magnificently complex score, and one that rewardsrepeat listeners. --Sarah Bryan Miller Customer Reviews (1)
printed on rough paper |
16. The Cambridge Companion to Mahler (Cambridge Companions to Music) | |
Paperback: 368
Pages
(2007-12-17)
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17. Gustav Mahler, Vol. 3: Vienna: Triumph and Disillusion, 1904-1907 by Henry-Louis De La Grange | |
Hardcover: 1054
Pages
(2000-05-25)
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Editorial Review Product Description Ranging from 1904 to 1907, it explores Mahler's final years as administrator, producer, and conductor of the Vienna Opera. It was a time of intense inner struggle, with Mahler's energy and creative powers drained by the competing demands of running the Hofoper and struggling for recognition as a composer. And they were tragic years as well, especially 1907, Mahler's last year in Vienna, when the death of his daughter and the diagnosis of heart disease forced him to leave the Opera. Throughout the book, de La Grange offers true-to-life portraits of Mahler the human being, the family man, and the composer, and he weaves in innumerable testimonies and anecdotes that throw new light on the great composer's complex personality. The product of forty years of research, here is the definitive study of a musical giant. It is, as The Wall Street Journal said of volume two, "a work of the first importance, one that nobody seriously interested in Mahler can possibly afford to skip." Customer Reviews (5)
A Comprehensive Study
A Mixed Blessing
Engrossing I have not been disappointed.The extensive detail, expansive footnoting, and thorough research that went into this work is evident from the very first paragraph. Highly recommended for any serious Mahler enthuasist.
A full life of Mahler? detailedphysical description of Mahler by Alfred Roller, a Hofoper associate; andmuch other information that will be new and interesting even tolong-standing Mahlerites who thought they knew it all. However,de laGrange's almost exclusive focus on theexternals of Mahler's life works tothe detriment of the inner life, and this is the major shortcoming of hisbiography.There is littleprobing of the wellsprings of the mightyMahlerian will that powered a colossal productivity, nor of the fiercevitality coexisting with neuroses. Nor, surprisingly, is much explanationoffered as towhy a tyrannical ascetic like Mahler would suddenlydecideto marry someone half his age, a decision that took even his closestfriendscompletely by surprise. Why didn't he stay single, or marrysomeone his own age,such as the devoted and musical NatalieBauer-Lechner? This question is important because it bears on the crucialone: Would Mahler have succeeded in solving the central problem of his last years -- keeping reality at bay in order tomaintain the inhumanintensity needed to complete his unique artistic mission -- without thetension generated by this inappropriate (but for him richly symbolic) andlargely sexless marriage,for which he,and to some extent also Alma'sparents, were guilty? Did he feel this guilt and at a certain level feed onit? de la Grange draws a blank on these questions.Here Alma's book"Gustav Mahler, Memoirs and Letters" is a bettersource, thoughone has to read between the lines. de la Grange clearly dislikes Almaand would minimize her role.He also worships Mahler and will not permithim the slightest fault.Two examples: He cannot conceive that the heromay have had a congenital heart defect, it must have been acquired fromthroat infections.He omits to mention that Mahler's idolized mother Mariewas born lame and with adefective heart.According to Alma, who'd haveno reason to make this up, all the children were handicapped by themother's heart disease; there is also anecdotal evidence provided byBrunoWalter and others. Another example: de la Grange will not admit that thefinale to the Seventh may be a miscalculation, however interesting.Thushe advances a tortured argument to turn black into white, and puts himselfin the position of an "apologist nervous to the point ofobduracy" (Adorno's words).In the process, he completely ignoresevidence that Mahler himself was uncomfortably aware of the problem(seethe foreword by Redlich to the Eulenberg pocket score of theSeventh). Mahler is a Freudian figure if ever there was one, and one canargue that the ideal of theeternal feminine, as symbolized by thecomposite Alma/Marie, became crucial to Mahler's sense of purpose, a majorengine of his drive to create.Toward the end, he was psychologicallycompletely dependent on her, even to the point of spouting nonsenseregarding her abilities as a composer -- this, from the stern, inflexibledirector of the Hofoper!(The sad spectacle of Berlioz and his second wife Marie Recio comes to mind as another example of great-composer weakness.) That he hada mother fixation is attested by many, including Alma andFreud, and this would account for his lack of sexual interest; according toAlma, sex played only a very small part in his life. In any case,artistically the union was a brilliant success, even the marital crisis atthe end serving to spur him on to new heights -- witness the Tenth Symphonywith its impassioned marginalia addressed to Alma.With perfect timing,death then supervened to carry him off at the peak of his powers. Although the music has lost none of its power and can speak for itself,there is still an unsatisfied need for a different kind of Mahlerbiography, one that is better balanced and probes the psychology of theman.For hagiography aside,Mahler's maladjustment was staggering evenfor his time, the hothouse atmosphere of fin-de-siecle Vienna just barelymaking his unique kind of greatness tenable. A great torturedartist onthe scale of a Gustav Mahler is inconceivable today, our time doesn't allowit;we've been there, done that. He would be cured or killed at once, andin either case silenced. And for you computer game programmers out there,take heart -- in additionto a "Freudian" biography, there maybe material here for an oeuvre of another sort perhapsmore congenial toour age -- a soft-core computer game called "Let's cuckoldMahler". In any case, the music remains.
Towers over them all. |
18. Gustav Mahler The Wunderhorn Years by Donald Mitchell | |
Hardcover: 461
Pages
(1976)
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19. Symphony No. 9 In Full Score by Gustav Mahler | |
Paperback: 192
Pages
(1993-03-18)
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Too much fine print
A Great Choice for Mahler Fans
An extraordinary symphony, right before your eyes |
20. Gustav Mahler, Vol. 2: Vienna: The Years of Challenge, 1897-1904 by Henry-Louis de La Grange | |
Hardcover: 944
Pages
(1995-05-18)
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Editorial Review Product Description In Mahler in Vienna, La Grange follows the great musician to the intellectual and artistic capital of turn-of-the-century Europe. From Mahler's spectacular debut as director of the Vienna Court Opera to his triumphant tour of the continent, we see him at the height of his powers. La Grange vividly portrays the marvelous spectacle, including the extraordinary range of artists who worked with Mahler--the composers Dvorak, Gustave Charpentier, Richard Strauss, Zemlinsky, and Schoenberg; the painters, architects, and decorators of the Secession (led by Klimt); and the writers Hauptmann, Dehmel, Hofmannsthal, and Schnitzler. In Vienna, the conductor worked a revolution in standards of performance and (along with Secession painter Alfred Roller) scenic illustration. It was also during this period that he wrote some of his best-loved symphonies--including his Fourth and Fifth--and his three orchestral song-cycles and collections, the Wunderhorn-, Ruckert-, and Kindertotenlieder. For each of these works La Grange provides full notes and analytic descriptions. And the author does not neglect Mahler's temptestuous personal life, for during these years he met Alma Schindler--"the most beautiful woman in Vienna." La Grange deftly captures the story of their engagement and marriage in 1902. Mahler remains one of the greatest figures in the historyf music, a man whose work provokes strong reactions today as in his own time. This account is just one part of the definitive four-volume biography Gustav Mahler, the result of a thirty-year research project; the author has personally translated it from his original French into English. Scrupulously researched and insightfully written, this volume is a brilliant account of a critical epoch in Mahler's life. Customer Reviews (4)
Thrilled
A Worthwhile Look at Mahler
More for reference than reading or understanding. De La Grange has done us a service by compiling a very detailed but largely chronological history of the events of Mahler's life.You'll find a largely blow-by-blow description of his life:compositional struggles;arguments with cast members, managers, and officials; correspondence with friends and colleagues;listings of cast members in the opera performances he conducted;reviews of his performances by the various publications;health problems, etc.The detail is extremely valuable. However, De La Grange falls short because he rarely steps back from the detail in order to find the larger themes in Mahler's life, and he leaves that effort to the reader.This is asking too much:this is a projected four volume biography, and it will probably be well over 3,500 pages before it's done. I imagine it will take a later biographer to come along and sift through all that De La Grange has delivered in order to write a more informative biography. I have an additional issue with an editorial decision that's been made here.The first volume was published in the 1970's, by another publisher.Oxford has not re-published it, but will publish a second edition of the first volume when the fourth volume is published.They have styarted with the 2nd volume rather than the 1st, out of deference to those who might still have the 1st volume.Fair enough.But the footnotes that refer to content in the 1st volume only refer to chapters, not specific pages, and are thus incomplete.Perhaps the reasoning behind this is because the original 1st volume will be superceded by the 2nd edition 1st volume, and they don't want to be specific to something they imagine will be obsolete.However, at the current rate it could well be 5-10 years before that 2nd edition 1st volume is out.Will Oxford then ask readers to buy a 2nd edition 2nd volume that has page numbers in the footnotes?(The whole idea sounds like very little deference to those who might have the original 1st volume.)
As close as you canget to getting to know the REAL Mahler |
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