Mahler (The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers) |
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Author:
Edward Seckerson
By Omnibus Press
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List Price: $19.95
Our Price: $12.69
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Product Description
This series of biographies presents the great composers against the background of their times. Each draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and, when they exist, photographs, to present a complete picture of the composer s life.
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excellent as a single book on Mahler, 2008-01-03
Actually, I bought this book chiefly because I would buy nearly any book that offers more information on my favorite composer, Gustav Mahler.
This book offers some surprises: lots of illustrations AND a very good telling of Mahler's life story. The photographs include pictures of nearly all of Mahler's homes and composing cottages, many cartoons that newspapers ran about Mahler, and photos of the places and people with whom Mahler worked. It also has an excellent index for checking out specific points.
Two other items of special interest are:
Moritz von Schwind's engraving of "The Huntsman's Funeral," which was the inspiration for the funeral march in Mahler's first symphony.
Otto Boehler's silhouettes of Mahler conducting in Vienna--this gives us an idea of what Mahler's conducting may have looked like to the musicians and the audiences of that time.
If I had to recommend a single book on Mahler, it would be this one.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 780.92
EAN: 9780711902596
ISBN: 0711902593
Label: Omnibus Press
Manufacturer: Omnibus Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 150
Publication Date: 1983-12-31
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Release Date: 1983-12-31
Studio: Omnibus Press |
