Experiencing Mahler - A Listener's Companion

Arved Ashby takes readers into the seeming chaos of Mahler's work to investigate the elements which make each piece an experiential adventure. The book surveys Mahler's symphonies and song cycles in detail, introducing them as intensely vivid, truthful, and lived and felt experiences.

List of contents

Introduction

Timeline

Chapter 1 Symphony No. 1: The Journey Begins

Chapter 2 Symphony No. 2: Death and Resurrection

Chapter 3 Three Song Sets: Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen, Rückert Lieder, Kindertotenlieder

Chapter 4 Symphony No. 3: Limning the Cosmos

Chapter 5 Symphony No. 4: Mahler's Symphony of the Child

Chapter 6 Symphony No. 5: Journeys for a New Century

Chapter 7 Symphony No. 6: The Rigid Embrace of the Narrow House-The Blackness of the Absolute Night

Chapter 8 Symphony No. 7: A Mahler Serenade

Chapter 9 Symphony No. 8: His Gift to the Nation

Chapter 10 Das Lied von der Erde: Songs of Seclusion and Wandering

Chapter 11 Symphony No. 9: The Most Painful Lust for Life

Chapter 12 Symphony No. 10: Music from the Hereafter?

Selected Listening

Selected Reading

About the author

Arved Ashby is professor of music at Ohio State University, where he specializes in 20th and 21st century art music as well as cultural history and media and communications. He has published articles on Arnold Schoenberg, Frank Zappa, and Benjamin Britten, and he has taught classes on topics as varied as ancient music, Philip Glass' film music, and 20th-century music through the prism of the Beatles.

Product details

• Authors: Arved Ashby, Ashby Arved
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2024
• EAN: 9781538198865
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9886-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Print on Demand; Listener's Companion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Music reviews & criticism, Music reviews and criticism, Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830), Classical style, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Western "classical" music