Gustav Mahler, The Arduous Road to Vienna (1860-1897)

Gustav Mahler

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Completed, Revised and Edited by Sybille Werner. xvii + 809 p, 58 b/w illus. Brepols, 2020. Language(s):English - Hardback - This long awaited revised volume I completes Henry-Louis de La Grange's four-volume English language biography of the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler (1860 1911), which is widely considered to be the definitive work on the subject. The present instalment, covering the years 1860 to 1897, traces the life and career of Mahler from his birth in a small village in Bohemia to his appointment to the Vienna Hofoper, then the most prestigious opera house in the world. It describes his family background, his student days at the Vienna Conservatory, his private life, and his burgeoning career as both conductor and composer. Starting at a small summer theatre in Bad Hall, his first engagements took him to Laibach (Ljubljana), Olmütz (Olomouc), Kassel, Prague, and Leipzig, before he was appointed to principal posts at the important opera houses of Budapest (1888) and Hamburg (1891). By now Mahler had also begun to establish himself as a composer. Some of his major works starting with «Das Klagende Lied» (1881) the early «Wunderhorn» songs, «Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen», and the first three symphonies date from this period of his life. While regularly rejected by contemporary critics, today they are favourites of the concert repertoire. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction and Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Abbreviations CHAPTER 1 Background Family Origins CHAPTER 2 Iglau Childhood: in search of himself and the world (1860 74) CHAPTER 3 The Conservatory Matura University (I) (1875-78) CHAPTER 4 The Conservatory University (II) Mahler s Circle of Friends Vienna in the 1870s Wagner, Brahms and Bruckner Das klagende Lied (I) (1876 78) CHAPTER 5 The intermediate years An unsettled existence: poverty, and passion Mahler in search of himself Siegfried Lipiner A thwarted love affair: Josephine Poisl (July 1878 May 1880) CHAPTER 6 Mahler s first conducting engagements: Bad Hall and Laibach Das klagende Lied (II) The Beethoven Prize (June 1880 April 1882) CHAPTER 7 The Saga Society Vienna and Olmütz The Carl Theater Literary affinities and passions (April 1882 May 1883) CHAPTER 8 Mahler in Kassel (I) Prussian discipline and bureaucracy Johanna Richter Der Trompeter von Säkkingen (May 1883 August 1884) CHAPTER 9 Mahler in Kassel (II) Conflicts and passions The Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen The Kassel Festival (August 1884 July 1885) CHAPTER 10 Mahler in Prague First major successes in the opera house Don Giovanni, Rheingold, Walküre, Fidelio Betty Frank Beethoven s Ninth Conflict with Neumann (July 1885 July 1886) CHAPTER 11 Mahler in Leipzig (I) Rivalry with Nikisch Nikisch s illness (July 1886 July 1887) CHAPTER 12 Mahler in Leipzig (II) Die Drei Pintos, the First Symphony, and Todtenfeier Meeting with Strauss Marion von Weber Departure from Leipzig Return to Prague (July1887 September 1888) CHAPTER 13 Mahler as Director of the Royal Hungarian Opera (I) Reorganisation of the Opera Das Rheingold and Die Walküre Death of Bernhard Mahler (September 1888 May 1889) CHAPTER 14 Mahler as Director of the Royal Hungarian Opera (II) Illness and personal misfortunes Deaths of Marie and Leopoldine Mahler First performance of the Symphonic Poem First crisis at the Opera Journey to Italy Hinterbrühl Mahler s brothers and sisters (May 1889 August 1890) CHAPTER 15 Mahler as Director of the Royal Hungarian Opera (III) Meeting with Brahms Cavalleria rusticana Géza Zichy Farewell to Hungary (August 1890 March 1891) CHAPTER 16 Mahler in Hamburg (I) The Hamburg Opera Early triumphs Bernhard Pollini Visit to Scandinavia (March August 1891) CHAPTER 17 Mahler in Hamburg (II) Bülow and the Todtenfeier The Humoresken The German season in London (August 1891 July 1892) CHAPTER 18 Mahler in Hamburg (III) Berchtesgaden The cholera epidemic The Second Symphony More family problems Steinbach (August 1892 August 1893) CHAPTER 19 Mahler in Hambur. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers mio1398

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