Mahler in Context Youmans Hardback Cambridge University Press 9781108423779

Name: Mahler in Context Youmans Hardback Cambridge University Press 9781108423779
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Mahler in ContextAuthor(s): Charles Youmans\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108423779, 978-1108423779\nSynopsis\nMahler in Context explores the institutions, artists, thinkers, cultural movements, socio-political conditions, and personal relationships that shaped Mahler's creative output. Focusing on the contexts surrounding the artist, the collection provides a sense of the complex crosscurrents against which Mahler was reacting as conductor, composer, and human being. Topics explored include his youth and training, performing career, creative activity, spiritual and philosophical influences, and his reception after his death. Together, this collection of specially commissioned essays offers a wide-ranging investigation of the ecology surrounding Mahler as a composer and a fuller appreciation of the topics that occupied his mind as he conceived his works. Readers will benefit from engagement .