The Life of Mahler (Musical Lives)
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This is a well-written biography that eschews mythology in favor of a closer examination of both biographical and musical materials. A generation after the first wave of Mahler appreciation, Peter Franklin takes a new look from a different angle and succeeds in separating myth from fact, making this book a most welcome one. It does, however, presume a certain amount of prior knowledge of Mahler, his circle, and his music, so don't go into it completely cold.
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'Peter Franklin has achieved the difficult feat in 203 pages of text of covering the familiar ground of Mahler's life from a new perspective and making telling and perceptive comments on the music. There are no music examples, and Franklin's style is refreshingly free from academic jargon ...'. Michael Kennedy, BBC Music Magazine
'The Life of Mahler has some extremely pertinent comments to make on a complex and not entirely sympathetic personality ... Franklin makes one think afresh about the works he describes'. The Daily Telegraph
'... a convincing account of Mahler as an insistent, ambitious individual, informing convention, convinced of his own superiority'. Times Literary Supplement
The Life of Mahler (Musical Lives)
The Life of Mahler (Musical Lives),Peter Franklin,Cambridge University Press,0521467616,1860-1911,Austria,Biography,Biography & Autobiography,Biography/Autobiography,Composers,Composers & Musicians - Classical Composers,Composers & Musicians - General,General,Mahler, Gustav,,Music,Composers & musicians,Mahler, Gustav,--1860-1911,Music / General
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