SKU: HL.49018069
Leben * Werke *
Dokumente. Composed
by Karl-Josef Mueller.
This edition:
Paperback/Soft Cover.
Paperback. Series Music.
Book only. 600 pages.
Schott Music #SEM8264.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49018069).
ISBN
9783254082640. UPC:
884088538774.
4.75x7.5x1.295 inches.
German.
Today, more
than ever, Gustav Mahler
is highly acclaimed as a
'pioneer of new music'.
Unlike any other composer
in the late 19th century,
he meteorically became
the focus of attention of
the musical public.
Mahler's music is an
adventure, as beautiful
and frightening, as
peaceful and
unpredictable as the
world of which it is
about. During his
lifetime, Gustav Mahler
was known rather as a
powerful court opera
director and less as a
composer, for he could
compose his own works
only during the summer
months. But as such,
Mahler had to compete
with his fellow composers
Anton Bruckner and
Richard Strauss. In his
newly edited book,
Karl-Josef Muller tries
to examine this
discrepancy between
Mahler's high ethical
demands as a composer and
his qualification by his
environment.
Gus Mueller
