| Description |
xxv, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Composers in context
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Composers in context.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-310) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I : Formation. Family life / Stephen McClatchie ; A childhood in Bohemia : early teachers and friends / Reinhold Kubik ; Music in Iglau, 1860-1875 / Timothy Freeze ; Student culture in 1870s Vienna / Caroline A. Kita ; Viennese musical associates, 1875-1883 / Charles Youmans ; Becoming a conductor : the early years in Mahler's career / Peter Revers ; Between "Thrice homeless" and "To the Germans in Austria" : political conditions in Mahler's Europe / Margaret Notley -- Part II : Performance. Operatic and orchestral repertoire / Anna Stoll Knecht ; Collaborators / Anna Harwell Celenza ; A perfect storm : Mahler's New York / Joseph Horowitz ; Celebrity / Eva Giloi -- Part III : Creation. Composer "goes to press" : Mahler's dealings with engravers and publishers in Vienna around 1900 / Renate Stark-Voit ; Mahler and program music / Constantin Floros ; Intertextuality in Mahler / Vera Micznik ; Symphony, 1870-1911 / David Larkin ; Mahler and the visual arts of his time / Martina Pippal ; Mahler and modernism / Marilyn L. McCoy ; Reception in Vienna / Kevin C. Karnes ; Mahler's press from London to Los Angeles / Karen Painter -- Part IV : Mind, body, spirit. Organized religion / Stephen McClatchie ; German idealism / Morten Solvik ; Nietzsche / Lesley Chamberlain ; Fechner / Michael Heidelberger ; Literary enthusiasms / Jeremy Barham ; Romantic relationships / Charles Youmans ; Mahler and death / Carl Niekerk -- Part V : Influence. Posthumous reputation, 1911 to World War II / Stephen Downes ; Mahler and the Second Viennese School / Wolfgang Rathert ; Mahler revival / James L. Zychowicz ; Broader musical influence / Thomas Peattie ; Adorno / Roger Allen ; Influences in literature / Matthew Werley ; Mahler on disc / Richard Wattenbarger ; Film and recent popular culture / Peter Franklin. |
| Summary |
Mahler in Context explores the institutions, artists, thinkers, cultural movements, socio-political conditions, and personal relationships that shaped Mahler's creative output. Focusing on the contexts surrounding the artist, the collection provides a sense of the complex crosscurrents against which Mahler was reacting as conductor, composer, and human being. Topics explored include his youth and training, performing career, creative activity, spiritual and philosophical influences, and his reception after his death. Together, this collection of specially commissioned essays offers a wide-ranging investigation of the ecology surrounding Mahler as a composer and a fuller appreciation of the topics that occupied his mind as he conceived his works. Readers will benefit from engagement with lesser known dimensions of Mahler's life. Through this broader contextual approach, this book will serve as a valuable and unique resource for students, scholars, and a general readership. |
| Subject |
Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911.
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Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Composers -- Austria -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Conductors (Music) -- Austria -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Conductors (Music) |
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Composers. |
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History. |
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Austria. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911 -- Influence.
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Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911 -- Appreciation.
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Composers -- Austria -- Biography.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) |
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Art appreciation. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Youmans, Charles Dowell, 1964- editor.
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| Other Form: |
ebook version : 9781108542845 |
| ISBN |
9781108423779 (hardcover) |
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1108423779 (hardcover) |
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9781108542845 (electronic book) |
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9781108438353 paperback |
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1108438350 |
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9781108529365 epub |
| Standard No. |
9781108423779 |
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