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The Mahler Family Letters (Paperback)
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The Mahler Family Letters (Paperback)
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Hundreds of the letters that Gustav Mahler addressed to his parents
and siblings survive, yet they have remained virtually unknown.
Now, for the first time Mahler scholar Stephen McClatchie presents
over 500 of these letters in a clear, lively translation in The
Mahler Family Letters . Drawn primarily from the Mahler-Rose
Collection at the University of Western Ontario, the volume
presents a complete, well-rounded view of the family's
correspondence.
Spanning the mid 1880s through 1910, the letters record the
excitement of a young man with a bourgeoning career as a conductor
and provide a glimpse into his day-to-day activities rehearsing and
conducting operas and concerts in Budapeast and Hamburg, and
composing his first symphonies and songs. On the private side, they
document his parents' illnesses and deaths and the struggles of his
siblings Alois, Justine, Otto, and Emma. The letters also give
Mahler's insightful impressions of contemporaries such as Johannes
Brahms, Richard Strauss, and Hans von Bulow, as well as his
personal feelings about significant events, such as his first big
success--the completion of Carl Maria von Weber's Die drei Pintos
in 1889. In the fall of 1894, the character of the letters changes
when Justine and Emma come to live with Mahler in Hamburg and then
Vienna, removing the need to communicate by letter about quotidian
matters. At this point, the letters relay noteworthy events such as
Mahler's campaign to be named Director of the Vienna Court Opera,
his conducting tours throughout Europe, and his courtship of Alma
Schindler. The Mahler Family Letters provides a vital, nuanced
source of information about Mahler's life, his personality, and his
relationships. McClatchie has generously annotated each letter,
contextualizing and clarifying contemporary historical references
and Mahler family acquaintances, and created an indispensable
resource for all Mahlerists, 19th-century musicologists, and
historians of 19th-century Germany and Austria.
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