Gustav Mahler
Known For: person.sound
- Born
- July 7, 1860
- Died
- May 18, 1911 (50.86301369863 years old)
- Place of Birth
- Kalitsch, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. [now in Czech Republic]
- External Links
- IMDB
Biography
Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. While in his lifetime his status as a conductor was established beyond question, his own music gained wide popularity only after periods of relative neglect, which included a ban on its performance in much of Europe during the Nazi era. After 1945 his compositions were rediscovered by a new generation of listeners; Mahler then became one of the most frequently performed and recorded of all composers, a position he has sustained into the 21st century.
