Timeline -- Symphony no. 10 : music from the hereafter? Symphony no. 2 : death and resurrection -- Three song sets : Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Ruckert Lieder, Kindertotenlieder -- Symphony no 3. : limning the cosmos -- Symphony no. 4 : Mahler's symphony of the child -- Symphony no. 5 : journeys for a new century -- Symphony no. 6 : the rigid embrace of the narrow house - the blackness of the absolute night -- Symphony no. 7 : a Mahler serenade -- Symphony no. 8 : his gift to the nation -- Das Lied von der Erde : songs of seclusion and wandering -- Symphony no. 9 : the most painful lust for life -- Symphony no. 10 : music from the hereafter?
Summary:
"Arved Ashby takes readers into the seeming chaos of Mahler's work to investigate the elements which make each piece an experiential adventure. The book surveys Mahler's symphonies and song cycles in detail, introducing them as intensely vivid, truthful, and lived and felt experiences"-- Provided by publisher. "Experiencing Mahler surveys the symphonies and major song sets of Gustav Mahler, presenting them not just as artworks but as vivid and deeply felt journeys. Mahler took the symphony, a tradition-bound genre in Western music, and opened it to the widest span of human experience, introducing themes such as love, nature, death, rebirth, seeking one’s creator, and God. Arved Ashby offers the non-specialist a general introduction into Mahler’s works, investigating the elements that make them experiential adventures that have redefined the symphonic genre in new ways. In addition to the standard nine symphonies, Ashby discusses Das Lied von der Erde, the three most commonly heard song sets (the Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Kindertotenlieder, and Rückert-Lieder), and the unfinished Tenth Symphony (in Cooke’s edition)" -- Provided by publisher.
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