Inside Mahler's Second Symphony: A Listener's Guide

by Lawrence Bernstein

Book Overview

This guide introduces concertgoers, serious listeners, and music students to Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony, one of the composer's most popular and most powerful works. It examines the symphony from several perspectives: Mahler's struggle to create what he called the New Symphony; his innovative approaches to traditional musical form; how he addressed the daunting challenges of writing music on a monumental scale; and how he dealt with the ineluctable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197575641
• ISBN13: 9780197575642
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.6"