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Gustav Mahler (Dover Books On Music: Composers) Paperback – January 15, 2014

by Bruno Walter (Author), Ernst Krenek (Author), James Galston (Translator),
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Conductor, composer, and writer Bruno Walter (1876–1962) worked closely with Gustav Mahler as the composer's assistant and protégé. His revealing recollections of Mahler were written in 1936, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the composer's death. Walter first encountered Mahler more than 40 years earlier, when he served as the composer's assistant conductor in Hamburg. He worked with Mahler again at the Vienna Opera, and after the composer's death conducted the debut of the Ninth Symphony and Das Lied von der Erde.
A staunch supporter of Mahler's genius and defender of his dour personality, Walter cites the pressures faced by a gifted artist striving for perfection. This edition of his tribute to his friend and mentor features supplemental materials that include a biographical sketch of Mahler as man and artist by Ernst Krenek, the composer's son-in-law and musical heir, and a new Introduction by Erik Ryding, author of Bruno Walter: A World Elsewhere.
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German-born Bruno Walter (1876–1962) was a conductor, composer, and writer who worked closely with Mahler as the composer's assistant and protégé.Ernst Krenek (1900–91) was an Austrian-American composer of Czech origin. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote many books on music.Erik Ryding's articles and reviews have appeared in Current Musicology, Classic Record Collector, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and elsewhere.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications; Illustrated edition (January 15, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0486492176
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0486492179
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.3 ounces
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James Yarnall
5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable, in its minor way
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2016
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I've wanted to read Bruno Walter's little memoir of Mahler for years, and was happy to see Dover returned it to print. It is, to a certain extent, hagiographic, but hardly sycophantic. Walter is a good writer, a good observer and insightful about how musicians work (or don't work) together. The essay by Ernst Krenek -- which I read before the Walter -- is useful for its rather different (less awestruck) perspective and for the way it addresses issues (e.g. opposition to Mahler the conductor in Vienna and elsewhere) that Walter does't get into. This is not a biography of Gustav Mahler, but anyone interested in him -- and for that matter in Bruno Walter -- might like it.
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Sergio Gonzalez
3.0 out of 5 stars Could be better edited.
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2018
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Alma Mahler (!) was her actual name. Please correct!
I got a facsimil edition with some distorted pages. Could be better edited.
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I. K.
5.0 out of 5 stars A must for every Mahlerian.
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A detailed portrait of one of the most important musical personalities in history, written by another great musician who spent major chapters of his life next to him. Is there anything more to ask for?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2017
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I wanted another book about Mahler
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j h deichman
4.0 out of 5 stars Great to hear from 2 people who either knew him ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2014
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Great to hear from 2 people who either knew him or knew someone who was family...showed what he was like as a person as well.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Small book about a big genius
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Fabulous insights into this great composer., small book, quick read.
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Guillermo Gonzalez Garcia
3.0 out of 5 stars ... SHORT BIOGRAPHY AT THE END OF THIS BOOK IS GOOD, CONCISE
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2014
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THE SHORT BIOGRAPHY AT THE END OF THIS BOOK IS GOOD, CONCISE, AT THE POINT. I FOUND BRUNO WALTER'S PERSONAL APPRECIATION ON MAHLER, BORED AND SOMETIMES DIFFUSE, REGARDING ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GREAT COMPOSER
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Susanna
3.0 out of 5 stars frammenti di Mahler da un amico
Reviewed in Italy on December 18, 2011
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Bruno Walter oltre che essere stato direttore d'orchestra era un amico di Gustav Mahler, ed il compositore l'aveva preso sotto la sua ala (nel bene e nel male, perchè essendo Mahler odiato dalla critica, di riflesso anche Walter). Questo libro racconta i suoi incontri con il grande compositore, alcuni aneddoti interessanti e le lettere che Bruno Walter mandava in riferimento a quello che gli accadeva. Il libro è interessante per vedere una versione di Mahler un po' più personale rispetto ai libri di Adorno, Principe o di Duse. E' un libro da leggere non da studiare, è una lettura molto più leggera naturalmente rispetto ai suddetti libri. Originariamente il libro era molto più corto, è stato integrato con numerose note poste a fine libro (molto utili) e numerose fotografie in bianco e nero di qualità scadente (abbastanza inutili).
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3.0 out of 5 stars frammenti di Mahler da un amico
Reviewed in Italy on December 18, 2011
Bruno Walter oltre che essere stato direttore d'orchestra era un amico di Gustav Mahler, ed il compositore l'aveva preso sotto la sua ala (nel bene e nel male, perchè essendo Mahler odiato dalla critica, di riflesso anche Walter). Questo libro racconta i suoi incontri con il grande compositore, alcuni aneddoti interessanti e le lettere che Bruno Walter mandava in riferimento a quello che gli accadeva. Il libro è interessante per vedere una versione di Mahler un po' più personale rispetto ai libri di Adorno, Principe o di Duse. E' un libro da leggere non da studiare, è una lettura molto più leggera naturalmente rispetto ai suddetti libri. Originariamente il libro era molto più corto, è stato integrato con numerose note poste a fine libro (molto utili) e numerose fotografie in bianco e nero di qualità scadente (abbastanza inutili).
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