Mahler Class One Outline

  • Mahler’s world: late 19th century Europe,Mahler’s contemporaries
  • The Mahler revival of the 1960s: Leonard Bernstein and Michael Gielen
  • Mahler the conductor: his fame and his innovations
  • Benjamin Zander: on why Mahler is so popular with conductors, orchestras, and the public
  • Mahler’ early years and education
  • Das Klagende Lied (The Song of Lamentation)