About Gustav Mahler:
Gustav Mahler was an Austrian late-Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. While in his lifetime his status as a conductor was established beyond question, his own music gained wide popularity only after periods of relative neglect which included a ban on its performance in much of Europe during the Nazi era. After 1945 his compositions were rediscovered and championed by a new generation of listeners; Mahler then became one of the most frequently performed and recorded of all composers, a position he has sustained into the 21st century.
I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding.
Gustav MahlerThe impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content.
Gustav MahlerIt is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going.
Gustav Mahler