Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies
Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies
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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
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781859280287 |
| ISBN 10 | 1859280285 |
| Title | Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies |
| Author | Constantin Floros |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| 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. |
| Note | Unavailable |