Arved Ashby takes readers into the seeming chaos of Mahler's work to investigate the elements which make each piece an experiential adventure. The book surveys Mahler's symphonies and song cycles in detail, introducing them as intensely vivid, truthful, and lived and felt experiences.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Timeline
Chapter 1 Symphony No. 1: The Journey Begins
Chapter 2 Symphony No. 2: Death and Resurrection
Chapter 3 Three Song Sets: Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen, Rü ckert Lieder, Kindertotenlieder
Chapter 4 Symphony No. 3: Limning the Cosmos
Chapter 5 Symphony No. 4: Mahler's Symphony of the Child
Chapter 6 Symphony No. 5: Journeys for a New Century
Chapter 7 Symphony No. 6: The Rigid Embrace of the Narrow House-The Blackness of the Absolute Night
Chapter 8 Symphony No. 7: A Mahler Serenade
Chapter 9 Symphony No. 8: His Gift to the Nation
Chapter 10 Das Lied von der Erde: Songs of Seclusion and Wandering
Chapter 11 Symphony No. 9: The Most Painful Lust for Life
Chapter 12 Symphony No. 10: Music from the Hereafter?
Selected Listening
Selected Reading
