Why Mahler? How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World

Name: Why Mahler? How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World
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ISBN: 9781400096572

ISBN-10: 140009657X

ISBN-13: 9781400096572

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Authors: Norman Lebrecht

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List price: $18.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.18" wide x 8.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

Norman Lebrecht is the author of nine books on music, including The Maestro Myth and The Companion to Twentieth-Century Music. He lives in London with his family.



Preface: After Mahler, Another Deluge?


Introduction: Desperately Seeking Mahler



Why Mahler?



Some Frequently Asked Questions



Who is Mahler?: The Life and Times



Living in a Nowhere Land (1860-1875)



City of Dreams (1875-1887)



A Symphony Like the World (1887-1891)



Rise Again (1891-1894)



What Love Tells Me (1895-1897)



A Taste of Power (1897-1900)



The Most Beautiful Girl in Vienna (1901)



Small Interludes of Happiness (1902-1906)



Three Hammerblows (1907)



Discovering America (1907-1910)



"To Live for You, To Die for You" (1910-1911)



After Mahler (1911-2010)



Whose Mahler?



A Question of Interpretation



How to Mahler



Finding the Key to a Private Space


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index