Alma Mahler-Werfel was one of the most fascinating and ambivalent of twentieth-century women. This book includes 159 of Mahler's letters. The letters are supplemented by commentaries, which provide background information about the people and events mentioned in them, and help place the letters in th[...]

The life of the brilliant composer and conductor Gustav Mahler was punctuated by crisis. His parents both died in 1889, leaving him the reluctant head of a household of siblings. He himself endured a nearly fatal medical ordeal in 1901. A beloved daughter died in 1907 and that same year, under press[...]

The popularity of Mahler's symphonic works is unremitting. More recordings have been made during the past ten years than in the previous six decades. This work is a companion to the first volume, published in 1986; together, the two review virtually every recording commercially released (as well as [...]

Conductor, composer, and writer Bruno Walter (1876-1962) worked closely with Gustav Mahler as the composer's assistant and protege. His revealing recollections of Mahler were written in 1936, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the composer's death. Walter first encountered Mahler more than 40 y[...]

Gustav Mahler's music continues to enjoy global prominence, both in live or recorded performance and within broader ranges of critical perception and cultural sensibility. In recognition of such a profile, this volume brings together a unique collection of essays exploring the diverse methods and to[...]

The first three volumes of Donald Mitchell's masterly examination of the work of Gustav Mahler are available here in a specially-priced paperback set. The titles included are Gustav Mahler: The Early Years, The Wunderhorn Years and Songs and Symphonies. The scope of these books is immensely wide: sc[...]