Experiencing Mahler : a listener's companion / Arved Ashby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ashby, Arved Mark, author.

Series:

Listener's companion

The listener's companion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911--Criticism and interpretation.

Mahler, Gustav.

Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Symphonies.

Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Song cycles.

Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911.

Symphonies (Mahler, Gustav).

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxii, 249 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]

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.

Contents:

Timeline

Symphony no. 1 : the journey begins

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?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ashby, Arved Mark, 1964- Experiencing Mahler

ISBN:

9781538104866

1538104865

OCLC:

1120783922