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Gustav Mahler

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I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gifted than I. He died very young... he killed himself in the prime of his life.


— Gustav Mahler


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I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.


— Gustav Mahler


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I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day.


— Gustav Mahler


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I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment.


— Gustav Mahler


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If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies.


— Gustav Mahler


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In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.


— Gustav Mahler


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It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces.


— Gustav Mahler


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It should be one's sole endeavor to see everything afresh and create it anew.


— Gustav Mahler


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Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.


— Gustav Mahler


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Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.


— Gustav Mahler


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Did you know about Gustav Mahler?

In his three seasons he had performed around 80 different works which included pieces by relatively unknown composers such as Hermann Goetz Wilhelm Kienzl and the Italian Lorenzo Perosi. A second daughter Anna was born in 1904. In spite of numerous theatrical triumphs Mahler's Vienna years were rarely smooth; his battles with singers and the house administration continued on and off for the whole of his tenure.

A Jew he was born in the village of Kalischt Bohemia in what was then the Austrian Empire now Kaliště in the Czech Republic. His family later removed to nearby Iglau (now Jihlava) where Mahler grew up. Aside from early works such as a movement from a piano quartet composed when he was a student in Vienna Mahler's works are designed for large orchestral forces symphonic choruses and operatic soloists.

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