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Gustav Mahler

Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer and conductor

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Gustav Mahler

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Mahler's father Bernhard, a coachman and later innkeeper, bought a house in Kaliště and married Marie Herrmann in 1857.[1] The family moved to Jihlava in December 1860, where Gustav was introduced to music through street songs, dances, and military band tunes.[2] His first professional conducting job was in Bad Hall in 1880, followed by posts in Laibach, Olmütz, Kassel, Prague, and Leipzig.[3][4][5][6] In Leipzig he completed his First Symphony in 1888 and discovered the folk-poem collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn.[7]

He resigned in 1907 and signed a contract with the New York Metropolitan Opera.[8]

Quick Facts

Born
7 July 1860
Died
18 May 1911
Field
Composer and conductor
Nationality
Austro-Bohemian
Known for
Symphonies and as a bridge between Romanticism and modernism

Facts from the source article.

What the cited sources add

It cites Carr for the description of Mahler's first conducting job as "a dismal little job"[3] The article cites Franklin for the statement that Mahler's conducting "inspired hatred and respect in almost equal measure"[9] It cites Stefan Zweig's memoirs for the observation that seeing Mahler on the street in Vienna was reported as a personal triumph.[10] The article cites La Grange for the account of Mahler's 1903 revolt by stagehands.[8]

It cites Mitchell for the speculation that the "Dresden archive" of early Mahler manuscripts was likely destroyed in the 1945 bombing of Dresden.[11] Blaukopf provides the detail that Mahler's grandmother was a street pedlar.[12]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Gustav Mahler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Cooke, p. 7; Sadie, p. 505 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Gustav Mahler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Blaukopf, pp. 18–19; Franklin, (1. Background, childhood education 1860–80); Blaukopf, pp. 18–19; Carr, pp. 8–9; Sadie, p. 505 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Gustav Mahler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Carr, pp. 23–24; Carr, pp. 24–28 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Gustav Mahler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Carr, pp. 30–31; Carr, pp. 32–34; Carr, pp. 32–34; Franklin, (2. Early conducting career, 1880–83).; Carr, pp. 35–40 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Gustav Mahler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Franklin, (3. Kassel, 1883–85). (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Gustav Mahler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Franklin, (4. Prague 1885–86 and Leipzig 1886–88).; Carr, p. 43 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Gustav Mahler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Franklin, (4. Prague 1885–86 and Leipzig 1886–88). (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Gustav Mahler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: La Grange, Vol. 2, pp. 130–131, 630–631; La Grange, Vol. 2, pp. 632–634.; Carr, pp. 150–151; Sadie, pp. 510–511; Carr, pp. 150–151 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Gustav Mahler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Franklin, (6. Hamburg 1891–97).; Steen, p. 750; Franklin, (6. Hamburg 1891–97). (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Gustav Mahler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Stefan Zweig, , quoted in Fischer, 2011, p. 50; Stefan Zweig, , quoted in Fischer 2011, p. 58.; La Grange, Vol. 3, pp. 941–944; La Grange, Vol. 3, pp. 249–252 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Gustav Mahler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mitchell, Vol II, pp. 51–53; Mitchell, Vol II, pp. 51–53; Carr, pp. 44–47 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Gustav Mahler" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Blaukopf, pp. 15–16 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

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