Born on 7th July 1860 He had 14 Siblings At the age of 4 He began singing and composing on the accordion and piano HIS INFLUENCES A life so full of tragic events clearly had a major influence on much of Mahlers output though there is also much in his music which expresses joy and hope ID: 704681
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Gustav Mahler
MUSICIAN Slide2
His Early Life
Born on 7th July, 1860.
He had 14 Siblings.
At the age of 4, He began singing and composing on the accordion and piano. Slide3
HIS INFLUENCES
A life so full of tragic events clearly had a major influence on much of Mahler's output, though there is also much in his music which expresses joy and hope.
As a child, Mahler was exposed to many musical influences including military music in a local barracks, folk music of various forms at various events, local musicians playing in his father's tavern and Jewish bands. Although his family were Jewish he was a chorister in a Catholic Church where he also learned piano from the choir master.
Mahler has clearly been influenced by a number of other composers such as Beethoven for his large-scale symphonic constructionSlide4
MUSICAL CAREER
Although always interested in composing, and having composed a number of works before the age of 20 (most now lost), he pursued a successful career as an opera conductor, including posts at Kassel, Prague, Budapest, Hamburg, Leipzig, Vienna, and latterly regular visits to New York. His hugely successful Vienna post made him toured Europe this made him well known. Slide5
Style
Mahler concentrate on composing, and sounds invoking nature in various ways can be found in many of his works including birdcalls, hunting horns and cowbells. He also used a variety of military and band music styles which young Mahler picked up from the local barracks and his father's tavern.
He produced large-scale dramatic works with enormous contrasts in sounds and moods, and has been quoted as saying that his music is "about life".Slide6
Mahler's music can certainly have much going on simultaneously at various levels, sometimes making it complex and difficult to understand on first hearing but the persistent listener is amply rewarded with some of the most sublime music ever written.Slide7
HIS BELIEVES
Mahler was a firm believer that in order to truly appreciate life, one has to suffer its worst aspects.
Still his rather dim view of life has produced some incredible music.
Inspired by the breakdown of a many relationship.Slide8
Symphonies
Symphonies are an elaborate musical composition for full orchestra or one can say it is a continuous harmony.
Difficult to understand.
Large Symphonies have parts which are called movements.
Symphony 2 is a good option to start. - (The Resurrection)
Symphony is about life,death and rebirth.
Death shriek - horrifying orchestral crash.
Final line “Die I shall, so as to live!”Slide9
Instruments Used
in Symphony 2
Woodwinds
4 flutes (all four doubling piccolos)
4 oboes (3rd and 4th oboe doubling English horns)
3 clarinets in B-flat, A, C (3rd clarinet doubling bass clarinet)
2 E-flat clarinets (2nd E-flat clarinet doubling 4th clarinet in B-flat and A)
4 bassoons (3rd and 4th bassoon doubling contrabassoon)Slide10
His Major Works
Symphony No.1 in D (1884-1888) [originally "Titan" with an additional movement called Blumine]
(Extract of 2nd movement: Play, MIDI or MP3 - Star Trek: Voyager)
(Extract of 3rd movement: Play, MIDI or MP3 - Frere Jaques)
Symphony No.2 in Cm (1888-1894) ["Resurrection" from the text by Friedrich Klopstock, with solo voices and chorus]
Symphony No.3 in Dm (1895-1896) [with solo contralto and boys and female choirs]
Symphony No.4 in G (1899-1900) [with solo soprano]
Symphony No.5 in C#m (1901-1902)
(Extract of 4th movement: Play, MIDI or MP3 - Death in Venice)
Symphony No.6 in Am (1903-1905)
Symphony No.7 in Bm (1904-1905)
(Extract of 2nd movement: Play, MIDI or MP3 - Castrol commercial)
Symphony No.8 in Eb (1906-1907) ["Symphony of a Thousand" or at least several hundred including solo voices and several choirs]Slide11
Symphony No.9 in D (1909-1910)
Symphony No.10 in F#m (1910 unfinished)
[The first movement of this last symphony was completed but the remainder was reconstructed by Deryck Cooke in 1964 from extensive sketches left by the composer. Other alternative reconstructions exist.]
Cantata - Das Klagende Lied (1878-1880)
Song Cycle - Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen [Songs of a Wayfarer] (1884)
Song Cycle - Des Knaben Wunderhorn [Youth's Magic Horn] (1888-99)
Song Cycle - Kindertotenlieder [Songs on the Death of Children] (1901-1904)
Song Cycle - Funf Lieder nach Ruckert [Five Ruckert Songs] (1905)
Song-Symphony - Das Lied von der Erde [Song of the Earth] (1907-1909)
Sources:
www.mfiles.co.uk
www.classicfm.com
www.biography.com
www.bbc.comSlide12
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