The Eighth : Mahler and the world in 1910
(Book)
Author
Published
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
ISBN
9780226740829, 022674082X
Physical Desc
v, 314 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Needham - Adult | 784.213 JOH | On Shelf |
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Published
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780226740829, 022674082X
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"The world premiere of Gustav Mahler's Eighth Symphony in Munich in 1910 was the artistic breakthrough for which the composer had yearned all his life, filling Munich's huge Neue Musik-Festhalle on two successive evenings to rapturous and tumultuous applause. Representatives of many European royal houses were in attendance, along with luminaries of literary and musical world. Also in attendance were Alma Mahler, the composer's young wife, and Alma's longtime lover, the architect Walter Gropius. Knowledge of their relationship would precipitate an emotional crisis in Mahler that, compounded with his heart condition and the death of his young daughter Maria, would lead to his premature death the next year, in 1911. In The Eighth, Stephen Johnson provides a masterful account of the symphony's far-reaching effect on composers, conductors, and writers of the time -- Berg and Schoenberg, the teenage Korngold, Bruno Walter and Klemperer, and Zweig and Mann. Johnson's story of the masterpiece and of the fate of the man who created it makes for absorbing reading and will be a must-read for classical music lovers"--,Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Composers -- Austria.
Jewish composers -- Austria.
Mahler, Alma, -- 1879-1964.
Mahler, Gustav, -- 1860-1911 -- Appreciation.
Mahler, Gustav, -- 1860-1911 -- Family.
Mahler, Gustav, -- 1860-1911.
Mahler, Gustav, -- 1860-1911. -- Symphonies, -- no. 8, -- E♭ major.
Music -- First performances -- Germany -- Munich.
Jewish composers -- Austria.
Mahler, Alma, -- 1879-1964.
Mahler, Gustav, -- 1860-1911 -- Appreciation.
Mahler, Gustav, -- 1860-1911 -- Family.
Mahler, Gustav, -- 1860-1911.
Mahler, Gustav, -- 1860-1911. -- Symphonies, -- no. 8, -- E♭ major.
Music -- First performances -- Germany -- Munich.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Johnson, S. (2020). The Eighth: Mahler and the world in 1910 . The University of Chicago Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Stephen, 1955-. 2020. The Eighth: Mahler and the World in 1910. The University of Chicago Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Stephen, 1955-. The Eighth: Mahler and the World in 1910 The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Stephen. The Eighth: Mahler and the World in 1910 The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
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