Gustav Mahler''s Symphonic Landscapes

Thomas Peattie considers the theatrical dimension of Mahler's reinvention of the symphony at the turn of the twentieth century.

List of contents

Introduction: hearing Mahler; 1. The expansion of symphonic space; 2. Distant music; 3. Alpine journeys; 4. Symphonic panoramas; 5. The wanderer.

About the author

Thomas Peattie is Assistant Professor of Music at Boston University. His articles and reviews have appeared in the Journal of the Royal Musical Association, Acta Musicologica, Music and Letters, and Naturlaut. His essay 'In Search of Lost Time: Memory and Mahler's Broken Pastoral' appears in the collection Mahler and his World (2002). His research interests include the Austro-German symphony, Gustav Mahler, early modernism, sound reproduction, auditory culture, aesthetics, and historiography.

Summary

Thomas Peattie provides a richly interdisciplinary account of Gustav Mahler's music, considering the theatrical dimension of his symphonies and situating these works in the context of the musical, theatrical, and aesthetic traditions of the Austrian fin de siècle.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Peattie, Thomas (Boston University) Peattie, Peattie Thomas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781108456548
• ISBN: 978-1-108-45654-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; austria, History, Music, Europe, Cultural Studies, Germany, 20th Century, Social & cultural history, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, Opera, c 1800 to c 1900, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Theatre Studies, Philosophy: aesthetics, Theory of music & musicology, Romanticism, Composers and songwriters, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Art music, orchestral and formal music