Classical Music / Composers Datebook: July 7
"A symphony must be like the world, it must embrace everything." ~ Gustav Mahler, a remark to Sibelius, Helsinki, 1907.
A brief profile of Gustav Mahler
Mahler is famous for symphonies, in particular, "The Symphony of a Thousand" and lieder (songs).
Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911), was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. A Jew, he was born in the village of Kalischt, Bohemia, in what was then the Austrian Empire, now Kaliště in the Czech Republic. His family later moved to nearby Iglau (now Jihlava), where Mahler grew up.
He composed some large-scale symphonies, for instance, The Song of the Earth, and many with voices,including Symphony No. 2 Resurrection, Symphony No. 6 in A minor, sometimes referred to as "Tragic" or Tragische, Symphony No. 8 The Symphony of a Thousand, and Symphony No. 10, left unfinished at his death. Mahler also composed orchestral lieder songs. His Symphony No. 5 was composed in 1901 and 1902, mostly during the summer months at his holiday cottage at Maiernigg.
Late Romantic Czech-Born Austrian Composer
"A symphony must be like the world, it must embrace everything." ~ Gustav Mahler, a remark to Sibelius, Helsinki, 1907.
A brief profile of Gustav Mahler Mahler is famous for symphonies, in particular, "The Symphony of a Thousand" and lieder (songs).
Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911), was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. A Jew, he was born in the village of Kalischt, Bohemia, in what was then the Austrian Empire, now Kaliště in the Czech Republic. His family later moved to nearby Iglau (now Jihlava), where Mahler grew up.
He composed some large-scale symphonies, for instance, The Song of the Earth, and many with voices,including Symphony No. 2 Resurrection, Symphony No. 6 in A minor, sometimes referred to as "Tragic" or Tragische, Symphony No. 8 The Symphony of a Thousand, and Symphony No. 10, left unfinished at his death. Mahler also composed orchestral lieder songs. His Symphony No. 5 was composed in 1901 and 1902, mostly during the summer months at his holiday cottage at Maiernigg.
