He is young and perhaps he is right. Maybe my ear is not sensitive enough.
Gustav Mahler Quotes
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.
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| Birth: | 7th July, 1860 |
| Death: | 18th May, 1911 |
| Nationality: | Austrian |
| Profession: | Composer, Music Conductor |
About
Gustav Mahler was a late-Romantic composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. A Jew, he was born in the village of Kalischt, Bohemia, in what was then the Austrian Empire, now Kaliste in the Czech Republic. His family later moved to nearby Iglau, where Mahler grew up.
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