Gustav Mahler, the Arduous Road to Vienna (1860-1897) Tapa dura -

Brepols 2020 2020. Hardcover, xvii + 809 pages., 58 b/w ills, English, 210 x 260 mm,. fine! ISBN 9782503588148. The volume traces the life and career of Mahler from his birth to his appointment to the Vienna Hofoper. This long awaited revised volume I completes Henry-Louis de La Grange's four-volume English language biography of the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler (1860?1911), which is widely considered to be the definitive work on the subject. The present instalment, covering the years 1860 to 1897, traces the life and career of Mahler from his birth in a small village in Bohemia to his appointment to the Vienna Hofoper, then the most prestigious opera house in the world. It describes his family background, his student days at the Vienna Conservatory, his private life, and his burgeoning career as both conductor and composer. Starting at a small summer theatre in Bad Hall, his first engagements took him to Laibach (Ljubljana), Olmütz (Olomouc), Kassel, Prague, and Leipzig, before he was… Leer más

Brepols Publishers, 2020. hardcover. New. 13x11x3.

Brepols Publishers, 2020. Hardcover. New. revised edition. 809 pages. 10.25x8.25x2.00 inches.