Gustav Mahler: Letters to his Wife

by Gustav Mahler (Author), Antony Beaumont (Editor), H-LdelaGrange (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $8.93

  Alma Mahler-Werfel was one of the most fascinating and ambivalent of twentieth-century women. Her book Gustav Mahler: Memories and Letters (1940) includes 159 of Mahler's letters, yet only 37 of these were published in their original, unedited form. Alma's omissions and alterations were all part of the legend, and reveal that it was her intention to present herself in as flattering a light as possible. This new edition restores the original texts and includes a further 188 letters and other unpublished documents. The texts, supplemented by detailed commentaries, depict an explosive relationship between two people of widely differing character and temperament. The Mahler that emerges from these authentic, unabridged sources is warm, genuine and touchingly human.

• New

  Paperback
  2005

  $14.64

  'Are Collected Letters a superior form of biography? When as numerous and meticulously edited as these of Gustav mahler, when they provide a time capsule ride back to the last days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the answer must be yes ...This remarkable book is unputdownable, even for a non-Mahlerite.' Literary Review 'The letters are linked by a commentary that makes the volume both an easy and gripping read ...There is passion in this book to scald the hand.' Sunday Times 'A vivid and telling portrayal of Mahler's personality in his voice.' Times Literary Supplement