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Gustav Mahler
Jens Malte Fischer
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Description for Gustav Mahler
Paperback. The definitive biography of the celebrated composer, published in English to coincide with the centenary of his death Translator(s): Spencer, Mr. Stewart. Num Pages: 766 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1232.
A best seller when first published in Germany in 2003, Jens Malte Fischer's Gustav Mahler has been lauded by scholars as a landmark work. He draws on important primary resources-some unavailable to previous biographers-and sets in narrative context the extensive correspondence between Mahler and his wife, Alma; Alma Mahler's diaries; and the memoirs of Natalie Bauer-Lechner, a viola player and close friend of Mahler, whose private journals provide insight into the composer's personal and professional lives and his creative process. Fischer explores Mahler's early life, his relationship to literature, his achievements as a conductor in Vienna ... Read more
A best seller when first published in Germany in 2003, Jens Malte Fischer's Gustav Mahler has been lauded by scholars as a landmark work. He draws on important primary resources-some unavailable to previous biographers-and sets in narrative context the extensive correspondence between Mahler and his wife, Alma; Alma Mahler's diaries; and the memoirs of Natalie Bauer-Lechner, a viola player and close friend of Mahler, whose private journals provide insight into the composer's personal and professional lives and his creative process. Fischer explores Mahler's early life, his relationship to literature, his achievements as a conductor in Vienna ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
766
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
1215g
Number of Pages
776
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300194111
SKU
V9780300194111
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About Jens Malte Fischer
Jens Malte Fischer is professor of the history of theater at the University of Munich. Stewart Spencer is an acclaimed translator whose work includes biographies of Richard Wagner, Cosima Wagner, and W.A. Mozart, all published by Yale University Press.
Reviews for Gustav Mahler
[A] superb, multi-faceted biography. . . . Fischer's superb study does full justice to the complexity of its subject. -Adam Lively, The Sunday Times
Adam Lively
The Sunday Times
Sympathetic . . . evocative . . . original and refreshingly opinionated. -John Adams, New York Times Book Review
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Adam Lively
The Sunday Times
Sympathetic . . . evocative . . . original and refreshingly opinionated. -John Adams, New York Times Book Review
John Adams
New York Times Book ... Read more