Mahler in Context, Hardback/***

A collection of specially commissioned essays exploring the institutions, artists, thinkers, cultural and socio-political conditions, and relationships that shaped Mahler's creative output. Focusing the context, the volume provides a sense of the complex crosscurrents against which Mahler was reacting as conductor, composer, and human being. Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises; 7 Printed music items; 9 Halftones, black and white Editor(s): Charles (Pennsylvania State University) Youmans