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In 2010, the composer Gustav Mahler celebrates his one hundred fiftieth birthday. In "Mahler Re-Composed," linguist George Cummins shares a collection of six interrelated essays that provide a fresh perspective on difficult questions familiar to Mahler lovers. Cummins, a teacher of Russian and Czech at Tulane University, brings a uniquely Czech perspective to the study of Mahler's personality and work. In his careful examination of the composer's life and work, Cummins begins with an introduction that provides a glimpse into Mahler the Czech and continues with an account of Mahler's conversion from Judaism to Catholicism while making his way to the Vienna Hofoper directorship. Cummins also takes a skeptical look at the legend of Mahler as an impotent, humorless neurotic and recreates the friendship between Strauss and Mahler-two of the greatest musicians of the early twentieth century.

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Book category Books in English The arts Film, TV & radio Individual actors & performers

• Full title: Mahler Re-Composed
• Author: Cummins, George M, III
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 520
• EAN: 9781450289818
• ISBN: 9781450289818
• ID: 08600029
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Weight: 753 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 29 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. February 2011

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