Gustav Mahler
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Bruno Walter, James Galston, Ernst KrenekSeries:Dover Books on Music and Music HistoryPublish date:2014-01-15Pages:256
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Dover PublicationsISBN-13:9780486492179ISBN-10:486492176UPC:9780486492179Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Individual Composer & Musician, Genres & StylesBook Topic:ClassicalSize:7.90 x 5.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCA8W99S42
Conductor, composer, and writer Bruno Walter (1876-1962) worked closely with Gustav Mahler as the composer's assistant and prot g . His revealing recollections of Mahler were written in 1936, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the composer's death. Walter first encountered Mahler more than 40 years earlier, when he served as the composer's assistant conductor in Hamburg. He worked with Mahler again at the Vienna Opera, and after the composer's death conducted the debut of the Ninth Symphony and Das Lied von der Erde.
A staunch supporter of Mahler's genius and defender of his dour personality, Walter cites the pressures faced by a gifted artist striving for perfection. This edition of his tribute to his friend and mentor features supplemental materials that include a biographical sketch of Mahler as man and artist by Ernst Krenek, the composer's son-in-law and musical heir, and a new Introduction by Erik Ryding, author of Bruno Walter: A World Elsewhere.
A staunch supporter of Mahler's genius and defender of his dour personality, Walter cites the pressures faced by a gifted artist striving for perfection. This edition of his tribute to his friend and mentor features supplemental materials that include a biographical sketch of Mahler as man and artist by Ernst Krenek, the composer's son-in-law and musical heir, and a new Introduction by Erik Ryding, author of Bruno Walter: A World Elsewhere.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Dover PublicationsISBN-13:9780486492179ISBN-10:486492176UPC:9780486492179Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Individual Composer & Musician, Genres & StylesBook Topic:ClassicalSize:7.90 x 5.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCA8W99S42
German-born Bruno Walter (1876-1962) was a conductor, composer, and writer who worked closely with Mahler as the composer's assistant and protégé.Ernst Krenek (1900-91) was an Austrian-American composer of Czech origin. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote many books on music.Erik Ryding's articles and reviews have appeared in Current Musicology, Classic Record Collector, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and elsewhere.
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