Seeing Mahler : Music and The Language Of Antisemitism In Fin-De-Siecle Vienna.

While conducting in Vienna, Mahler had to contend not only with overt anti-semitism, but with more subtle and coded language. Knittel explains the codes used by writers of the time. Contents: 1. Introduction - Mahlers Metamorphosen -- 2. Die Bildnisse von Gustav Mahler -- 3. Das Judentum in der Musik -- 4. Die Wiener Kritiker -- 5. Das Problem Richard Strauss -- 6. Eine musikalische Physiognomik. With a bibliography and index. Two appendices. Nine figures. Five tables.

xiii, 201 p.; 24 cm.
Cloth
Language: English
ISBN: 0754663728
ISBN13: 9780754663720
UPC: 9780754663720