Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahlerwas an Austrian late-Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. While in his lifetime his status as a conductor was established beyond question, his own music gained wide popularity only after periods of relative neglect which included a ban on its performance in much of Europe during the Nazi era. After 1945 his...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth7 July 1860
CountryAustria
Life's been nothing but paperwork.
Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos.
A true personality . . . is like a robust organism that, with unconscious sureness, seeks out and digests the nourishment appropriate to it and vigorously rejects that which is unsuitable.
Don't bother to look, I've composed all this already.
If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies.
In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.
The longer you live and the more you learn, the more clearly you will feel the difference between the few men who are truly great and the mere virtuosi.
It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it.
I have become a different person. I don't know whether this person is better, he certainly is not happier.
Only when I experience do I compose - only when I compose do I experience.
When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one.
An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.
I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding.
I live like a Hottentot. I cannot exchange one sensible word with anyone.