Description
| Product ID: | 9781108423779 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Composers in Context |
| Title: | Mahler in Context |
| Authors: | Author: Charles Youmans |
| Page Count: | 344 |
| Subjects: | Art music, orchestral and formal music, Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900), Art music, orchestral and formal music, Composers and songwriters, History, Social and cultural history, 20th century & contemporary classical music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Social & cultural history, 20th century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A collection of specially commissioned essays exploring the institutions, artists, thinkers, cultural and socio-political conditions, and relationships that shaped Mahler's creative output. Focusing the context, the volume provides a sense of the complex crosscurrents against which Mahler was reacting as conductor, composer, and human being. Mahler in Context explores the institutions, artists, thinkers, cultural movements, socio-political conditions, and personal relationships that shaped Mahler''s creative output. Focusing on the contexts surrounding the artist, the collection provides a sense of the complex crosscurrents against which Mahler was reacting as conductor, composer, and human being. Topics explored include his youth and training, performing career, creative activity, spiritual and philosophical influences, and his reception after his death. Together, this collection of specially commissioned essays offers a wide-ranging investigation of the ecology surrounding Mahler as a composer and a fuller appreciation of the topics that occupied his mind as he conceived his works. Readers will benefit from engagement with lesser known dimensions of Mahler''s life. Through this broader contextual approach, this book will serve as a valuable and unique resource for students, scholars, and a general readership. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-11-19 |
