Gustav Mahler; Volume 2 ; Vienna: the years of challenge (1897-1904)
de La Grange, Henry-Louis de
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- Fine in fine jacket housed in archival mylar. Faintest signs of wear to edges. Tiny nick to rear mylar.
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- 0193151596
- ISBN 13
- 9780193151598
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Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Rev., enl., and updated translation of the French ed. Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket housed in archival mylar. Faintest signs of wear to edges. Tiny nick to rear mylar.. Volume 2 only. Quarto in red and green illus jacket; illustrations ; 25 cm bibliographical references and index. "Gustav Mahler was one of the supremely gifted musicians of his generation. His contemporaries came to know him as a composer of startling originality whose greatest successes with the public never failed to provoke controversy among the critics. As a conductor, his relentless pursuit of perfection was sometimes viewed as tyrannical by the singers and musicians who came under his baton. Professor Henry-Louis de La Grange has devoted more than thirty years of painstaking research to this study of Mahler's life and works. His biography, ultimately to be completed in four volumes, is drawn from a vast archive of documents, autographs, and pictures, assembled by La Grange at the Bibliotheque musicale Gustav Mahler, Paris. This second volume covers the years 1897-1904, when the focus shifts to Vienna. It opens with Mahler's triumphant debut as director of the Vienna Court Opera, and follows with the revolution he wrought in standards of performance and, with the Secessionist painter Alfred Roller, in scenic representation. An account is also given of Mahler's stormy and brief engagement as conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Concerts, following Richter's resignation in 1898. La Grange depicts the brilliant society of pre-war Vienna, then the centre of the intellectual and artistic world; the extraordinary range of artists among whom Mahler lived and worked included the composers Dvorak, Gustave Charpentier, Richard Strauss, Zemlinsky, and Schoenberg and his two disciples, Berg and Webern; the painters, architects, and decorators of the Secession with Klimt at their head; the writers Hauptmann, Dehmel, Hofmannsthal, and Schnitzler. There he also met Alma Schindler, 'the most beautiful woman in Vienna', and La Grange tells the story of their engagement and marriage in 1902 and the early years of their tempestuous relationship. As his fame spread throughout Europe, Mahler travelled with his music to Germany, Russia, Holland, Poland, and Belgium, meeting many other leading musicians of his day, including Pfitzner, Mengelberg, Diepenbrock, Oskar Fried, and many others. During this period Mahler wrote some of his best-loved works, including the Fourth and Fifth symphonies, and the three orchestral song-cycles and collections - the Wunderhorn-, Ruckert-, and Kindertotenlieder. For each of these works La Grange provides full notes and analytical descriptions." â Publisher. // v. 2. Vienna: the years of challenge (1897-1904) Composers -- Austria -- Biography. Compositeurs -- Autriche -- Biographies. Composers. Composers -- Austria -- 19th century -- Biography. Composers -- Austria -- 20th century -- Biography. **A large, heavy book; weighs 3 lbs 5 ounces before packing. Extra shipping charges may apply for international & expedited orders. Please inquire.**.
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- Título
- Gustav Mahler; Volume 2 ; Vienna: the years of challenge (1897-1904)
- Autor
- La Grange, Henry-Louis de
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- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Fine in fine jacket housed in archival mylar. Faintest signs of wear to edges. Tiny nick to rear mylar.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Rev., enl., and updated translation of the French ed
- ISBN 10
- 0193151596
- ISBN 13
- 9780193151598
- Editorial
- Oxford University Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Oxford ; New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1995
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Music;
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