Gustav Mahler

by Kurt Blaukopf, Inge Goodwin (translator)

Alternate cover for ISBN-13: 9780860070344 / ISBN-10: 0860070344


‘Gustav Mahler’ is the most comprehensive biography to date [1973] of this outstanding musical figure, who was the first modern-type conductir, the first great operatic stage-manager, and the composer of late-Romantic music in the modern style.
The author presents a vivid view of Mahler’s life and career, with special emphasis on the interplay between the artist and society and the changing position of the work of art in its social context. Throughout the book, Blaukopf shows that Mahler was not, as the critics of his time implied, an idle dreamer of dreams but a skillful tactician who, in his works, envisioned the future course of music.

Genres: Music, Biography

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

Reviews

[James Euclid · Rating 3 out of 5]

Von den Mahler-Biographien sicherlich die beste, weil Musik und Leben versucht werden ins Verhältnis zu setzen und einige interessante Gedanken zu finden sind. Spätestens ab Amerika wird aber deutlich, wie dünn die Quellenlage noch war und wie wenig Lust Blaukopf hat zu spekulieren, weshalb er sein Buch ohne große Anstrengung austrüben lässt.