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 don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day.
Gustav MahlerSpring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.
Gustav Mahler