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Paperback edition of the lively history of Gustav Mahler, one of the most enduringly popular of classical composers. 'Barnstormingly readable.' Boyd Tonkin, "Independent"
Synopsis
A century after his death, Gustav Mahler is the most important composer of modern times. This is an account of this composer's life and work that explores the Mahler Effect, asking why Mahler's music has become the soundtrack to our twenty-first-century lives.