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Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler

Jens Malte Fischer A best-seller when first published in Germany in 2003, Jens Malte Fischer’s …
Gustav Mahler: The Early Years (Vol 1)

Gustav Mahler: The Early Years (Vol 1)

Donald Mitchell Available again for a new generation of Mahlerians, Donald Mitchell’s famous study …
Gustav Mahler: The Wunderhorn Years (Vol 2)

Gustav Mahler: The Wunderhorn Years (Vol 2)

Donald Mitchell A work of painstaking and imaginative scholarship presented in eminently readable language …
Gustav Mahler: Songs and Symphonies of Life and Death (Vol 3)

Gustav Mahler: Songs and Symphonies of Life and Death (Vol 3)

Donald Mitchell A monument in Mahler studies, this volume concentrates on the composer’s vocal …
Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler

Bruno Walter Conductor, composer, and writer Bruno Walter (1876–1962) worked closely with Gustav Mahler as …
Gustav Mahler, The Arduous Road to Vienna (1860-1897)

Gustav Mahler, The Arduous Road to Vienna (1860-1897)

Henry-Louis de La Grange This long-awaited revised volume I completes Henry-Louis de La Grange’s …
Alma Mahler, or, The Art of Being Loved

Alma Mahler, or, The Art of Being Loved

Francoise Giroud In Alma Mahler, Francoise Giroud provides a spirited portrait of one of Europe’s …
Alma Rose: Vienna to Auschwitz

Alma Rose: Vienna to Auschwitz

Richard Newman Alma Rosé’s tragic story, from her birth and youth in the exalted musical …
Being Gustav Mahler

Being Gustav Mahler

  Frederic Chaslin Gustav Mahler died in 1911. At least that is what Cornelius Franz, …
Bruckner-Mahler-Schoenberg

Bruckner-Mahler-Schoenberg

Dika Newlin The idea of this book originally came to me during my years of …
Bruno Walter: A World Elsewhere

Bruno Walter: A World Elsewhere

Erik Ryding Bruno Walter, one of the greatest conductors in the twentieth century, lived a …
Discovering Mahler: Writings on Mahler, 1955-2005

Discovering Mahler: Writings on Mahler, 1955-2005

Donald Mitchell Discovering Mahler is the fourth and final volume of Donald Mitchell’s unique …
Ecstasy: A Novel

Ecstasy: A Novel

Mary Sharratt Gustav Klimt gave Alma her first kiss. Gustav Mahler fell in love with …
Experiencing Mahler: A Listener's Companion

Experiencing Mahler: A Listener’s Companion

Arved Ashby Experiencing Mahler surveys the symphonies and major song sets of Gustav Mahler, presenting …
Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies

Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies

Constantin Floros   Mahler’s 10 symphonies and Das Lied von der Erde are intensely personal …
Gustav Mahler: A study of his personality and work

Gustav Mahler: A study of his personality and work

  Paul Stefan Books about Composers of Music describe the lives and musical works …
Gustav Mahler: A Life in Crisis

Gustav Mahler: A Life in Crisis

Stuart Feder Crises in the life of Gustav Mahler inspired some of his greatest …
Gustav Mahler An Introduction to His Music

Gustav Mahler An Introduction to His Music

Deryck Cooke This is by far and away the best short guide to Mahler’s …
Gustav Mahler, Vol. 2: Vienna: The Years of Challenge, 1897-1904

Gustav Mahler, Vol. 2: Vienna: The Years of Challenge, 1897-1904

  Herny-Louis de La Grange In an age of artistic accomplishment, Gustav Mahler stood …
Gustav Mahler, Vol. 3: Vienna: Triumph and Disillusion, 1904-1907

Gustav Mahler, Vol. 3: Vienna: Triumph and Disillusion, 1904-1907

  Henry-Louis de La Grange When the second volume of de La Grange’s monumental …
Gustav Mahler, Vol. 4: A New Life Cut Short, 1907-1911

Gustav Mahler, Vol. 4: A New Life Cut Short, 1907-1911

  Henry-Louis de La Grange When the earlier volumes of de La Grange’s monumental …
Gustav Mahler: Letters to his Wife

Gustav Mahler: Letters to his Wife

  Henry-Louis de La Grange Gustav Mahler: Letters to his Wife is undoubtedly the …
Gustav Mahler: Memories and letters

Gustav Mahler: Memories and letters

Alma Mahler Written by the wife of the late Romantic composer giving an account …
Gustav Mahler and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra Tour America

Gustav Mahler and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra Tour America

Mary H. Wagner In 1909, when the troubled New York Philharmonic Orchestra needed a …
Gustav Mahler's Mental World: A Systematic Representation

Gustav Mahler’s Mental World: A Systematic Representation

  Constantin Floros With his extensive three-volume investigation, the author has newly drawn the image …
Gustav Mahler's Symphonic Landscapes

Gustav Mahler’s Symphonic Landscapes

Thomas Peattie The relationship between Gustav Mahler’s career as a conductor and his symphonic writing …
Mahler: A Biography

Mahler: A Biography

Jonathan Carr Although Gustav Mahler is seen today as one of the groundbreaking composers …
Mahler: His Life, Work and World

Mahler: His Life, Work and World

Kurt Blaukopf and Herta Blaukopf Provides a look at the composer and his philosophy, …
Mahler

Mahler

Henry-Louis de La Grange The first volume of De La Grange’s massive four-volume biography …
Mahler (Master Musicians)

Mahler (Master Musicians)

Michael Kennedy Celebrating its 100th anniversary, this extraordinary series continues to amaze and captivate …
Mahler Discography

Mahler Discography

Peter Fulop This volume presents for the first time comprehensive information on all known …
Mahler: Symphony No. 3

Mahler: Symphony No. 3

Peter Franklin Mahler’s Third Symphony was conceived as a musical picture of the natural …
Mahler and Strauss: In Dialogue

Mahler and Strauss: In Dialogue

Charles Youmans A rare case among history’s great music contemporaries, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and Richard …
Mahler: Ich bin der welt abhanden gekommen

Mahler: Ich bin der welt abhanden gekommen

Luca S. Cristini Gustav Mahler – Austrian composer and conductor born in Kaliste in Bohemia, …
Mahler's Fourth Symphony

Mahler’s Fourth Symphony

(Studies In Musical Genesis, Structure, and Interpretation) James L. Zychowicz Following the earlier volumes …
Mahler's Sixth Symphony

Mahler’s Sixth Symphony

A Study in Musical Semiotics Robert Samuels (Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis) …
Mahler's Symphonic Sonatas

Mahler’s Symphonic Sonatas

Seth Monahan Why would Gustav Mahler 1860-1911, modernist titan and so-called prophet of the New …
Mahler's Unknown Letters

Mahler’s Unknown Letters

Gathers letters written from Mahler to his critics, colleagues, family, and friends, and provides …
Mahler's Voices

Mahler’s Voices

Expression and Irony in the Songs and Symphonies Julian Johnson A unique study not of …
Mahlers Menschen

Mahlers Menschen

Freunde und Weggefahrten Hekmut Brenner, Reinhold Kubik Book in German The group of people …
Malevolent Muse: The Life of Alma Mahler

Malevolent Muse: The Life of Alma Mahler

Oliver Hilmes Of all the colorful figures on the twentieth-century European cultural scene, hardly anyone …
Passionate Spirit

Passionate Spirit

The Life of Alma Mahler Cate Haste Passionate Spirit restores vibrant humanity to a woman …
Reading Mahler

Reading Mahler

Carl Niekerk Gustav Mahler’s music is more popular than ever, yet few are aware of …
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

Stephen E. Hefling Since its premiere, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, The Song …
Symphonic Metamorphoses

Symphonic Metamorphoses

Subjectivity and Alienation in Mahler’s Re-Cycled Songs Raymond Knapp This revelatory new book takes …
The Cambridge Companion to Mahler

The Cambridge Companion to Mahler

Jeremy Barham In the years approaching the centenary of Mahler’s death, this book provides both …
Alma Mahler Werfel Diaries 1898 1902

Alma Mahler Werfel Diaries 1898 1902

Alma Mahler-Werfel The original manuscript of these diaries, which present an eye-witness record of …
The Life of Mahler

The Life of Mahler

Peter Franklin As a leading European conductor and the composer of enormous and controversial …
The Mahler Album - Expanded Edition

The Mahler Album – Expanded Edition

Gilbert Kaplan The Mahler Album is the definitive collection of all known photographs of …
The Mahler Companion

The Mahler Companion

Donald Mitchell & Andrew Nicholson The Mahler Companion consists of a collection of original essays …
The Mahler Family Letters

The Mahler Family Letters

Stephen McClatchie Hundreds of the letters that Gustav Mahler addressed to his parents and siblings …
The Mahler Symphonies: An Owner's Manual

The Mahler Symphonies: An Owner’s Manual

David Hurwitz An Owner’s Manual is the first discussion of the ten completed symphonies No …
The Total Work of Art

The Total Work of Art

Mahler’s Eighth Symphony in Context Karl Friedrich Abel Book in German Mahler’s Eighth Symphony …
To Live for You! To Die for You!

To Live for You! To Die for You!

John Searight The Life of Gustav Mahler John Searight in Association with the Gustav …
Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahlers Ninth Symphony

Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahlers Ninth Symphony

Lewis Thomas Profoundly and powerfully, Thomas questions the folly of nuclear weaponry, showing that the …
Mahler A Musical Physiognomy

Mahler A Musical Physiognomy

Theodor W. Adorno Theodor W. Adorno goes beyond conventional thematic analysis to gain a more …
Mahler's Seventh Symphony

Mahler’s Seventh Symphony

Anna Stoll Knecht Considering each movement of the symphony through a double perspective, genetic and …
The Artists Wife A Novel

The Artists Wife A Novel

Max Phillips An elegant reimagining of the life of Alma Mahler, the lovely, aristocratic fin …
Unraveling the Mahler Enigma

Unraveling the Mahler Enigma

A Lost Insight Franz Loschnigg Something like a work of investigative reporting, this is an …
Mahler Studies

Mahler Studies

Stephen E. Hefling Mahler Studies comprises ten innovative essays by leading experts on topics spanning …
The Eighth Mahler and the World in 1910

The Eighth Mahler and the World in 1910

Stephen Johnson September 12, 1910. The world premiere of Gustav Mahler’s Eighth Symphony and …
Why Mahler?

Why Mahler?

How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World Norman Lebrecht, one of the world’s …
Manon's World

Manon’s World

A Hauntology of a Daughter in the Triangle of Alma Mahler, Walter Gropius and Franz …
Many Variations of Mahler Measures

Many Variations of Mahler Measures

A Lasting Symphony Francois Brunault The Mahler measure is a fascinating notion and an …
Aaron Copland and the American Legacy of Gustav Mahler

Aaron Copland and the American Legacy of Gustav Mahler

Matthew Mugmon The iconic American composer Aaron Copland is often credited with creating an …
The Mahler Album

The Mahler Album

  Gilbert Kaplan The Mahler Album is the definitive collection of all known photographs …
Mahler Strauss Correspondence

Mahler Strauss Correspondence

  Herta Blaukopf Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss came to know one another as …
A Conductor's Guide to Symphonies I, II, and III

A Conductor’s Guide to Symphonies I, II, and III


Michael J Esselstrom. This volume is intended to clarify the formidable task of learning and …
Seeing Mahler Music and the Language of Antisemitism in Fin de Siècle Vienna

Seeing Mahler Music and the Language of Antisemitism in Fin de Siècle Vienna

K.M. Knittel No one doubts that Gustav Mahler’s tenure at the Vienna Court Opera …
Varieties of Musical Irony

Varieties of Musical Irony

From Mozart to Mahler Michael Cherlin Irony, one of the most basic, pervasive, and variegated …
Mahler im Gespräch

Mahler im Gespräch

Michael Gielen Vielschichtiger Blick auf Mahlers zehn Sinfonien. Der Dirigent Michael Gielen erläutert im Gespräch …
Perspectives on Gustav Mahler

Perspectives on Gustav Mahler

Alfred Mathis-Rosenzweig Gustav Mahler’s music continues to enjoy global prominence, both in live or recorded …
Alma Mahler: Muse to Genius

Alma Mahler: Muse to Genius

Karen Monson The most beautiful girl in Vienna, she married Gustav Mahler, the composer, and …
On Mahler and Britten

On Mahler and Britten

Philip Reed In this Festschrift for Donald Mitchell, the foremost authority on the life and …
Recollections of Gustav Mahler

Recollections of Gustav Mahler

Natalie Bauer-Lechner First published in English in 1980, this important early memoir of Gustav Mahler …
Rethinking Mahler

Rethinking Mahler

Jeremy Barham As one of the most popular classical composers in the performance repertoire of …
Gustav Mahler and Guido Adler

Gustav Mahler and Guido Adler

Edward R. Reilly In this book, Edward Reilly provides the essential documents connected with the …
Schoenberg's Correspondence With Alma Mahler

Schoenberg’s Correspondence With Alma Mahler

Elizabeth L- Keathley & Marilyn L. McCoy A fresh perspective on two well-known personalities, …
Mahler Remembered

Mahler Remembered

Norman Lebrecht Gustav Mahler is the most influential symphonist of the twentieth century. In this …
Gustav and Alma Mahler

Gustav and Alma Mahler

A Research and Information Guide Susan M. Filler This revised edition of Garland’s 1989 publication …
Mahlers Forgotten Conductor

Mahlers Forgotten Conductor

Heinz Unger and his Search for Jewish Meaning Hernan Tesler-Mabé This microhistorical engagement explores how …
Forbidden Music

Forbidden Music

The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis With National Socialism’s arrival in Germany in 1933, …

 

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