Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) is a late-Romantic composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. He was born to a Jewish family in the village of Kaliste in Bohemia, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now the Czech Republic.
As a composer, Gustav Mahler acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German 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 Second World War era.
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). 1907.
Gustav Mahler's oeuvre is relatively small; 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, Gustav Mahler's works are designed for large orchestral forces, symphonic choruses and operatic soloists.
Maria Anna Mahler (Putzi) (1902-1907) and Anna Justine Mahler (Gucki) (1904-1988).
His works were often controversial when first performed, and several were slow to receive critical and popular approval. Some of Gustav Mahler's immediate musical successors included the composers of the Second Viennese School, notably Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and Anton Webern.
House Gustav Mahler Maiernigg 1901-1907 (Villa Mahler, Maiernigg No. 31). Maria Anna Mahler (Putzi) (1902-1907), Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Anna Justine Mahler (Gucki) (1904-1988). 1905.
Amsterdam. Concertgebouw. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) with Dutch colleagues: From left to right: Cornelis Dopper (1870-1939) (second conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO)), Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Hendrik Freijer (1876-1955) (administrator of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO)), Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951) (principal conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO)) and Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921) (composer). Photographer: W.A. van Leer for "Weekblad voor muziek". The Netherlands. 1909.
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- Symphony No. 2 - Brass Chorale (movement 5, bar 142).
- Photo Alois (Louis) Mahler (1867-1931).
- Register of births of Gustav Mahler and Alma Mahler.
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