Gustav Mahler Archive

Richard Strauss died on September 8, 1949. He knew Gustav Mahler well, as both were conductors and composers during the late 1800’s in Germany and in Austria. They were supportive of each other. They performed …

Gustav Mahler was a somewhat superstitious person. He knew that Beethoven’s last symphony was the Ninth, and so Mahler avoided that number. Ultimately the Ninth was completed after Mahler created his “Lied Von Der Erde”. …

Gustav Mahler was born on July 7, 1860, and he died in 1911 in Vienna. For me, one of the most joyous symphonies that Mahler composed is his number 4. It starts with the sounds …

Composer Gustav Mahler died in Vienna, Austria in 1911 of a serious heart illness. His last two professional positions in music were as Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and as conductor …

I have heard the Symphony number 5 by Gustav Mahler many times. Yet, when I listened to this work again today, it immediately got my attention, because the interpretation by conductor Valery Gergiev was very …