Mahler Companion

Zusatztext The Mahler Companion constitutes a distinguished and fitting monument to Mitchell's lifelong devotion to Mahler, and, in mustering so much talent in one volume, there is no doubt that it will deservedly take its place among the most significant publications on the composer. Informationen zum Autor Dr Mitchell is a Trustee of the Britten-Pears Foundation and Chariman of the Britten Estate Ltd; Founder Professor of Music at the University of Sussex (1971 - 1976); and is currently visiting Professor at Sussex, York and King's College, London. He was awarded the Gustav Mahler Medal of Honour of the International Gustav Mahler Society in 1987, in Vienna.Dr Mitchell is Research Fellow in Romantic Studies in the Department of English, University of Bristol. His principal interest is in Byron having published several books on the poet, including Lord Byron: The Complete Miscellaneous Prose (OUP 1991). Klappentext The Mahler Companion consists of a collection of original essays on Mahler written especially for the occasion by Mahler specialists from around the world. It addresses all parts of his life and work-- symphonies! songs and song-cycles (each of which is discussed individually)! his conductingactivities! compositional habits! and aesthetic development--and sets these within the cultural and political context of his time. In addition! it responds to the global spread of this remarkable composer's music! and an almost universal fascination with it! by attempting to give an account of thereception of Mahler's music in many of the countries in which it eventually came to flourish! eg. Holland! France! Japan! Russia! England! and the United States. This particular series of chapters reveals that the 'Mahler Phenomenon' earned its description principally in the years after the SecondWorld War! but also that the Mahler revival was already well under way pre-war! perhaps especially in England and the States! and most surprisingly of all! Japan. The selection of contributors! who between them cover all Mahler's musical output! shows that here too this volume significantly crosses national boundaries. The very diverse approaches! analyses and commentaries! amply illustrated with music examples! are evidence of the uniquely rich and complexcharacter of a music that spans more than one culture and more than one century. The volumes includes the most significant and up-to-date Mahler research and debate! and illumines some hitherto unexplored areas of Mahler's life eg. his visit to London in 1892! his sculptor daughter! Anna! and thehall in which the Seventh Symphony wasfirst performed in Prague in 1908. It has often been claimed that Mahler! born in 1860! was in fact a prophet of much that was to come in the 20th century. His later works undeniably anticipate! often with dazzling virtuosity! many of the principal techniques and aesthetic Zusammenfassung In this title, Mahler specialists write about his music from a variety of standpoints. Chapters document the global spread of the composer's own symphonies and song cycles. Unexplored areas of research receive attention, both places (such as London and Prague) and people (Mahler's only surviving and highly talented daughter--a sculptor--Anna). LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION - ANDREW NICHOLSON; 1. Gustav Mahler's Vienna; 2. The Earliest Completed Works: A Voyage towards the First Symphony; 3. Mahler and Des Knaben Wunderhorn; 4. Todtenfeier and the Second Symphony; 5. Mahler and Germany; 6. Mahler and France; 7. Mahler and Debussy: Transcendence and Emotion; 8. A Stranger's Story: Programmes, Politics, and Mahler's Third Symphony; 9. 'Swallowing the Programme': Mahler's Fourth Symphony; 10. Mahler's 'Kammermusikton'; 11. Eternity or Nothingness? Mahler's Fifth Symphony; 12. Mahler and Holland; 13. The Ruckert Lieder; 14. The Sixth Symphony; 15. The Seventh Symphony; 16. Mahler in ...

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• Authors: Donald Mitchell, Donald Nicholson Mitchell
• Assisted by: Donald Mitchell (Editor), Andrew Nicholson (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2002
• EAN: 9780199249657
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924965-7
• No. of pages: 668
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs