Gustav Mahler

Austrian late-Romantic composer

Photo by: Moritz Nähr · Public Domain · Wikimedia Commons

Born:July 7, 1860

Died:May 18, 1911

Age at death:50

Manner of death:Natural Causes

Cause of death:Endocarditis

Zodiac Sign:Cancer

Born in:Kaliště, Czech Republic

Buried in:Austria

Languages:German

Chapelmaster Opera Director Conductor Theatre Manager Composer Classical Composer Bandleader

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Famous For

Notable Work

Symphony No. 2Symphony No. 8Symphony No. 1Symphony No. 5Symphony No. 9

Movies & TV

Gustav Mahler

Books

Am hanner nosUm Mitternacht = Am hanner nosRheinlegendchen = Chwedlig y RheinResurrectionIch bin der Welt abhanden gekommen = Ar goll i'r byd a'i ddwndwr anghynnes

Songs & Albums

Tár – Music from and Inspired by the Motion PictureMahler Symphony No. 4 / Songs of a WayfarerGing heute morgen übers Feld

Gustav Mahler

Austrian late-Romantic composer

Biography

Gustav Mahler (German: [ˈɡʊstaf ˈmaːlɐ] ; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. While in his lifetime his status as a conductor was established beyond question, his own music gained wide popularity only after periods of relative neglect, which included a ban on its performance in much of Europe during the Nazi era. After 1945 his compositions were rediscovered by a new generation of listeners; Mahler then became one of the most frequently performed and recorded of all composers, a position he has sustained into the 21st century. Born in Bohemia in the village of Kaliště to Jewish parents of humble origins, the German-speaking Mahler displayed his musical gifts at an early age. After graduating from the Vienna Conservatory in 1878, he held a succession of conducting posts of rising importance in the opera houses of Europe, culminating in his appointment in 1897 as director of the Vienna Court Opera (Hofoper). During his ten years in Vienna, Mahler—who had converted to Catholicism to secure the post—experienced regular opposition and hostility from the anti-Semitic press. Nevertheless, his innovative productions and insistence on the highest performance standards ensured his reputation as one of the greatest of opera conductors, particularly as an interpreter of the stage works of Wagner, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky. Late in his life he was briefly director of New York's Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic. Mahler's œuvre is relatively limited; for much of his life composing was necessarily a part-time activity while he earned his living as a conductor. Aside from early works such as a movement from a piano quartet composed when he was a student in Vienna, Mahler's works are generally designed for large orchestral forces, symphonic choruses and operatic soloists. These works were frequently controversial when first performed, and several were slow to receive critical and popular approval; exceptions included his Second Symphony, and the triumphant premiere of his Eighth Symphony in 1910. Some of Mahler's immediate musical successors included the composers of the Second Viennese School, notably Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Anton Webern. Dmitri Shostakovich and Benjamin Britten are among later 20th-century composers who admired and were influenced by Mahler. The International Gustav Mahler Society was established in 1955 to honour the composer's life and achievements.

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Quotes

“For myself I know that, as long as I can summarize my experience in words, I would certainly not make any music about it.”

— Variant: If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

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Photos

Photograph of Gustav Mahler in the foyer of Vienna's opera house. This work was published on plate 12 of Richard Specht's Gustav Mahler (1913), Berlin and Leipzig: Schuster and Loeffler. It is a studio portrait, with the subject posed and lit by the photographer; it is therefore classified as a Lichtbildwerk (photographic work of art), and subject to 70 years pma copyright protection per Austrian law.

Identificatie Titel(s): De begrafenis van Gustav Mahler in Wenen Objecttype: foto Objectnummer: RP-F-2015-6-5 Opschriften / Merken: blindstempel, recto, gepreegd: ‘1911/ NACHDRUCK VERBOTEN/ R. LECHNER WIEN. I.’ Omschrijving: Rouwstoet met Alphons Diepenbrock achter de baar. Vervaardiging Vervaardiger: fotograaf: R. Lechner (Wilh. Müller) (vermeld op object) Plaats vervaardiging: Wenen Datering: mei-1911 Materiaal en Techniek Materiaal: barietpapier karton Techniek: daglichtcollodiumzilverdruk Afmetingen: foto: hoogte 107 mm × breedte 150 mm secundaire drager: hoogte 148 mm × breedte 193 mm Onderwerp Wat: funeral carriages, cortege, funeral procession Waar: Wenen Wie: Gustav Mahler Verwerving en rechten: Credit line: Schenking van mevrouw O. Vermeulen en de heer F. Diepenbrock Verwerving: schenking 15-jul-2015 Copyright: Publiek domein

Identificatie Titel(s): De begrafenis van Gustav Mahler in Wenen Objecttype: foto Objectnummer: RP-F-2015-6-4 Opschriften / Merken: blindstempel, recto, gepreegd: ‘1911/ NACHDRUCK VERBOTEN/ R. LECHNER WIEN. I.’ Vervaardiging Vervaardiger: fotograaf: R. Lechner (Wilh. Müller) (vermeld op object) Plaats vervaardiging: Wenen Datering: mei-1911 Materiaal en Techniek Materiaal: fotodrager karton Techniek: daglichtcollodiumzilverdruk Afmetingen: foto: hoogte 105 mm × breedte 150 mm secundaire drager: hoogte 148 mm × breedte 193 mm Onderwerp Wat: funeral carriages, cortege, funeral procession Waar: Wenen Wie: Gustav Mahler Verwerving en rechten: Credit line: Schenking van mevrouw O. Vermeulen en de heer F. Diepenbrock Verwerving: schenking 15-jul-2015 Copyright: Publiek domein

Death notice of Gustav Mahler

Grinzing cemetery, grave of composer Gustav Mahler

v Mahler, österreichischer Komponist

Gustav Mahler, Briefkarte, (Budapest, 16. Mai 1889, von fremder Hand notiert) "Sehr geehrter Herr! Nächste Woche komme ich nach Wien und werde mit Ihnen alles mündlich abmachen ...".

Gustav Mahler Music School, Klagenfurt-Innere Stadt, Norbert Artner Park 1, Carinthia, Austria

Play bill for the K. K. Hofoperntheater on May 11, 1897; announcing the performance of Lohengrin. The conductor was Gustav Mahler, who performed for the first time at the opera house.