Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies

by Constantin Floros

Overview

Mahler's 10 symphonies and Das Lied von der Erde are intensely personal statements that have touched wide audiences. This survey examines each of the works, revealing their programmatic and personal aspects, as well as Mahler's musical techniques.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574672664
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2003
Series:	Amadeus
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Constantin Floros is the author of Alban Berg: Music as Autobiography, Music as Message (1989'), 'Brahms and Bruckner: Studies in Musical Exegesis (1980'), 'and Beethoven's Eroica and Prometheus Music (1978). He is currently chair of musicology at the University of Hamburg. Floros contributes regularly to major German and Austrian periodicals, and many of his articles on Gustav Mahler, Anton Bruckner, and Alban Berg have been translated into English and Japanese.

Editorial Reviews

The original edition was published in German in 1985 by Breitkopf & Hartel, Wiesbaden. The English translation makes available to a wider audience this comprehensive review of Mahler's symphonies from various aspects: source studies, genesis, biography, world view, compositional technique, semantics, historic reception, and esthetics. Published by Timber Press's music-oriented imprint, Amadeus Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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