Gustav Mahler: Volume 2: Vienna: The Years of Challenge (1897-1904)

by Henry-Louis de La Grange

Book Overview

In an age of artistic accomplishment, Gustav Mahler stood out as one of the supremely gifted musicians of his generation. As a composer, he won acclaim for his startling originality. As a conductor, his relentless pursuit of perfection was sometimes seen as tyrannical by the singers and musicians who came under his baton. And always, even with his greatest triumphs, he provoked controversy among the critics. Now Henry-Louis de La Grange, Mahler's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0193151596
• ISBN13: 9780193151598
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 944 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.7" x 9.5"