Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahlerwas 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...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth7 July 1860
CountryAustria
Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it.
If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster.
Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.
Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier.
Only when I experience do I compose - only when I compose do I experience.
A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth!
In Bach, the vital cells of music are united as the world is in God.
I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment.
Discipline, work. Work, discipline.
You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion.
I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.
I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.
Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos.
I am thrice homeless, as a native of Bohemia in Austria, as an Austrian among Germans, and as a Jew throughout the world. Everywhere an intruder, never welcomed.