The Life of Mahler by Peter Franklin
As a leading European conductor and the composer of enormous and controversial symphonies, Gustav Mahler inspired mythologisers in his own lifetime. In this 1997 biography, Peter Franklin re-confronts the myth of Mahler and attempts to find the person behind the legends.
'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 musicThere 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'. The Times Literary Supplement
'Clearly this book is anything but a traditional biography in the way that the factual information is subjugated to the philosophical subjects that interest the author. He is most stimulating when posing probing questions and tackling head on many of the critical dilemmas which have always been so crucial in discussing this Janus-faced composer.' The Musical Times
'Franklin is deft in his characterisation of Mahler's key works and in relating them to their context.' The Times Higher Education Supplement
'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'. The Times Literary Supplement
'Clearly this book is anything but a traditional biography in the way that the factual information is subjugated to the philosophical subjects that interest the author. He is most stimulating when posing probing questions and tackling head on many of the critical dilemmas which have always been so crucial in discussing this Janus-faced composer.' The Musical Times
'Franklin is deft in his characterisation of Mahler's key works and in relating them to their context.' The Times Higher Education Supplement
Peter Franklin, the author of these varied stories, lives in Jarrow in northeast England, near the River Tyne, where he is currently drafting his next volume of short stories.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521467612 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521467616 |
| Title | The Life of Mahler |
| Author | Peter Franklin |
| Series | Musical Lives |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1997-04-24 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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