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41. Selected Letters of Gustav Mahler by Gustav Mahler, Alma Mahler | |
Hardcover: 480
Pages
(1979-11)
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42. A Conductor's Guide to Symphonies I, Ii, and III of Gustav Mahler (Studies in the History and Interpretation of Music) by Michael J. Esselstrom | |
Hardcover: 324
Pages
(1998-06)
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43. Gustav Mahler: Man on the Margin (Modern German Studies, Vol 15) by Henry Lea | |
Hardcover: 157
Pages
(1985-05)
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44. Symphony No. 4 in G Major for Soprano and Orchestra (Dover Miniature Scores) by Gustav Mahler | |
Paperback: 144
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(2010-08-19)
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Mahler 4 score |
45. Mahler with CD (His Life and Music) by Johnson | |
Hardcover: 224
Pages
(2006-10-01)
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Excellent Book on Gustav Mahler. |
46. Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy by Theodor W. Adorno | |
Paperback: 188
Pages
(1996-08-15)
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A dated classic
provocative and stimulating analysis of Mahler's music To introduce the subject let me start with an experience of myown, which is no doubt typical.My introduction to Mahler's music wasthrough the Ninth and Tenth symphonies, which is like starting a mountainclimb already at the top of the mountain.I was 22 and naturally quitebowled over.Imagine my chagrin then at hearing the Fourth for the firsttime -- what is this Haydnesque genre piece that ends with a naive song? How could it have been written by the same composer? As always, though,Mahler's music works on one's subconscious and a few days later I feltcompelled to listen again, and what a revelation this was!The firstmovement, in particular, is absolutely extraordinary.It starts with acurious repeated figure, four flutes in unison playing fifths plus a gracenote, accompanied by bells; this leads directly into the deceptivelyclassical-sounding main theme and reappears throughout the first movement(and also in the last) as a kind of magic talisman with multiple meanings. The main theme is followed by a striking sunny interlude in A, with basesrocking pizzicato in fifths, a scurrying violin figure, and violas trillinglike insects singing in a meadow.I had the impression of an adult andchild walking through a field on a summer day.There's a brief change tothe minor, then some high sustained notes in the flutes.These arerepeated more emphatically by high clarinets, heralding an ominous change,as if the bucolic scene were being overrun by scudding clouds.Things arenot what they seemed, and we don't know where we are!Somehow, we'vegotten lost in a forest inhabited by goblins, spooky though not actuallymenacing. There's a swirling sensation accompanied by dark intimations inthe bass, chromatic muted trumpets, and repeated sustained high chords inthe flutes; the effect is weirdly haunting.After a while a commotion in Cdevelops, drums crescendo, and then suddenly pure terror -- a high trumpetplaying fortissimo.By some process of pure magic, the music suddenlyrecovers its former equanimity and adult and child (who turn out to be oneand the same) find themselves back in the sunny meadow.What sublimeirony, and how true to human nature -- when we see something uncanny thatdisturbs us, we try to put it behind us, forget it.Mahler alone iscapable of evoking such feelings. Only a magician could have written theFourth, and Mahler's achievement here is just as great as in the verydifferent late works, not to mention the middle symphonies. I couldcite other personal examples, as could any Mahlerian.We might disagreeabout particulars, but each of us carries away something essential fromMahler's music and is enriched by it.And we are quite confident that theexperience is qualitatively the same from listener to listener. Adornoapproaches the subject of our response to Mahler's music and what it meansthrough his own experiences of it.But what a listener! It's as if a verylearned friend with a doctorate in Mahler stopped by to discuss the subjectover tea and ended up staying all week.A gifted writer and philosopher,as well as a professionally trained composer who studied with Berg, Adornodiscusses all the symphonies except the Tenth and is always interestingeven when you disagree with him.Musicological jargon is mostly avoided,although philosophical-rhetorical terms abound (he loves the word"aporia"). Two caveats.First, the treatment is vulnerable tothe charge of "over-intellectualization".One recalls Mahler'sreply to William Ritter, an early admirer:"... I find myself much lesscomplicated than your image of me, which could almost throw me into a stateof panic."It seems that we, and particularly Adorno, are thecomplicated ones.We project our feelings onto the music, which seems toinvite them to an extent that would surprise even the composer.Themystery of why this is so, and the multifariousness of Mahler, the capacityof his music to be offensive, highly questionable, fascinating, and sublimeall at the same time, form the subject of the book. Second, and moreseriously, he disparages Mahler's "ominous positivity" andthereby underestimates the Eighth Symphony at least (readers may agree thatthe finale of the Seventh is problematic; he does not discuss theextraordinary Tenth, which achieves a wholly serene, positive conclusion). But the positive in Mahler is an essential part of his dynamicdisequilibrium; without it, there would be no aporia and the music woulddegenerate into mere cynicism.Most of the symphonies follow a pattern --conflict, followed by attempted reconciliation and reconstruction.Thisprocess is entirely sincere, and if it fails even in Mahler's hands, it'sbecause he's attempting to do the impossible.Even in the Sixth, the most"tragic" and "despairing" of the symphonies, a goodperformance will reveal powerful updrafts.To deny the positive in Mahleris to chop him in two.That Adorno's book is nonetheless required readingis testimony to the value of his other observations. Who then is thisbook for?It is best for Mahlerians of long standing, those who are wellpast the first flush of discovery and have regained their musicalequilibrium so to speak, and who want to put Mahler in perspective, or evenjust "share" opinions with an uncommonly intelligent andsensitive critic.
the musical crevices and fault-linesare probed with Adorno |
47. Gustav Mahler--Richard Strauss: Correspondence 1888-1911 by Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss | |
Paperback: 172
Pages
(1996-06-15)
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The Odd Couple:Mahler and Strauss
Fine pairing of letters and explanatory essay |
48. GUSTAV MAHLER: DAS LIED VON DER ERDE RUCKERT-LIEDER - 2 RECORD SET - vinyl lps. by HERBERT VON / CHRISTA LUDWIG / RENE KOLLO / BERLINER PHILHARMONIKE R KARAJAN | |
Unknown Binding:
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(1975)
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49. Gustav Mahler Sechste Symphonie Fur Grosses Orchester (German Edition) by Anonymous | |
Paperback: 262
Pages
(2010-03-16)
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50. GUSTAV MAHLER - THE WUNDERHORN YEARS - Chronicles and Commentaries by DONALD MITCHELL | |
Hardcover: 461
Pages
(1975)
Isbn: 0571106749 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
51. Symphony No. 8 (Dover Miniature Scores) by Gustav Mahler | |
Paperback: 272
Pages
(2001-10-24)
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52. Mein Leben (German Edition) by Alma Mahler | |
Paperback: 315
Pages
(1974)
Isbn: 3436005479 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
53. Die Achte Symphonie Von Gustav Mahler: Konzeption Einer Universalen Symphonik (German Edition) by Christian Wildhagen | |
Hardcover: 481
Pages
(2001-03)
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54. Discovering Mahler: Writings on Mahler, 1955-2005 by Donald Mitchell | |
Hardcover: 736
Pages
(2007-06-20)
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Book:Discovering Mahler: Writings on Mahler, 1955-2005 by Donald Mitchell |
55. Im Fadenkreuz: Politische Gustav-mahler-rezeption 1919-1945 Eine Studie Uber Den Zusammenhang Von Antisemitismus Und Kritik An Der Moderne (German Edition) by Oliver Hilmes | |
Paperback: 259
Pages
(2003-08-31)
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56. Gustav Mahler. Ein Porträt. by Bruno Walter, Ekkehart. Kroher | |
Paperback: 131
Pages
(2001-01-01)
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57. The Music of Gustav Mahler (The great composers series) by Burnett James | |
Hardcover: 232
Pages
(1985-10)
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58. Gustav Mahler's American Years, 1907-1911: A Documentary History (Monographs in Musicology) by Zoltan Roman | |
Hardcover: 359
Pages
(1989-06)
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59. Alma Mahler: Muse to Genius: From Fin-de-Siècle Vienna to Hollywood's Heyday by Karen Monson | |
Hardcover: 348
Pages
(1983)
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60. Das Lied von der Erde in Full Score by Gustav Mahler | |
Paperback: 146
Pages
(1988-07-01)
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Nearly perfect
Accessible Mahler |
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