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There is no doubt whatsoever that Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) is a composer whose hour has struck fortissimo. In 1946, when the late Alma Mahler's memoirs of her marriage were first published in English, in a truncated version, practically none of Mahler's music, save the First Symphony and one movement of the Fifth, was performed regularly. Today his popularity is on a scale with his ten massive symphonies. It is a propitious time, then, for publication of this much enlarged edition, with additional text, new illustrations, index, and almost seventy more letters. Donald Mitchell, the well-known Mahler authority, has added notes and comments (and a particularly valuable biographical list) which amplify, illuminate, and correct Alma Mahler's text. He has also contributed two long introductions which outline the history of Mahler appreciation since World War II and bring forward many fascinating and hitherto unknown facts of the composer's music. Alma Mahler's account of her nine-year marriage to a genius twice her age; her deep dedication to him and to his frantic task of composition in the face of the fatal deadline posed by his precarious health; the difficulties of coping with his

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Author

Alma Schindler Mahler Werfel

Publisher

University of Washington Press

Published

1969

Language

EN

ISBN

9780670358090

Category

music

Subjects

Music, Arts

Rating

4.6 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14