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In an age of artistic accomplishment, Gustav Mahler stood out as one of the supremely gifted musicians of his generation. As a composer, he won acclaim for his startling originality. As a conductor, his relentless pursuit of perfection was sometimes seen as tyrannical by the singers and musicians who came under his baton. And always, even with his greatest triumphs, he provoked controversy among the critics. Now Henry-Louis de La Grange, Mahler's celebrated biographer, offers new insight into Mahler's life and work with his latest look at the career of this musical genius.
In Mahler in...

When the second volume of de La Grange's monumental study of Mahler appeared, it was hailed in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and many other publications as an indispensable portrait of the great composer. Here at last is the third volume of this magisterial work.
Ranging from 1904 to 1907, it explores Mahler's final years as administrator, producer, and conductor of the Vienna Opera. It was a time of intense inner struggle, with Mahler's energy and creative powers drained by the competing demands of running the Hofoper and struggling for recognition as a...

Francouzský muzikolog Henry-Louis de La Grange (1924–2017) dosáhl velkého úspěchu již 70. letech minulého století, kdy publikoval první díl monografie o rakouském dirigentovi a skladateli původem z moravských Kališť Gustavu Mahlerovi, která vyšla nejdříve anglicky, posléze revidovaná i francouzsky. Další díly ve Francii vyšly na počátku 80. let a potvrdily mimořádný význam publikace pro mahlerovská studia, poslední, čtvrtý díl, pak autor vydal anglicky v roce 2008. Mahlerem a jeho dílem se de La Grange se zabýval systematicky po celý život a...