Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies by Constantin Floros

Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies by Constantin Floros

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Summary

This work offers a detailed exploration of each of Mahler's ten symphonies and Das Lied von der Erde, bringing to light various aspects of the works. It examines their history and autobiographical origins and discusses events that profoundly affected the composer's symphonic writing.

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Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies by Constantin Floros

Constantin Floros undertakes a precise and detailed exploration of each of Mahler's ten symphonies and Das Lied von der Erde, bringing to light for the first time various aspects of the works. Professor Floros examines their history and autobiographical origins and discusses the events that profoundly influenced the composer's symphonic writing. The compositional techniques employed by Mahler in each symphony are analysed and related to stylistic and semantic aspects to decode the composer's symbolic musical language. The author is thus able to identify certain basic qualities of these works: tragic irony, the sense of the grotesque, and the affirmation of Mahler's belief both in life after death and the power of love to transcend death. Understanding this language leads to a more profound understanding of Mahler the symphonist.
Constantin Floros, translated into the English by Vernon Wicker
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ISBN 13 9781859280287
ISBN 10 1859280285
Title Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies
Author Constantin Floros
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Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 1994-03-28
Number of pages 368
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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