Book contents
- Mahler in Context
- Composers in Context
- Mahler in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Music Examples
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I Formation
- Chapter 1 Family Life
- Chapter 2 A Childhood in Bohemia
- Chapter 3 Music in Iglau, 1860–1875
- Chapter 4 Student Culture in 1870s Vienna
- Chapter 5 Viennese Musical Associates, 1875–1883
- Chapter 6 Becoming a Conductor
- Chapter 7 Between “Thrice Homeless” and “To the Germans in Austria”
- Part II Performance
- Part III Creation
- Part IV Mind, Body, Spirit
- Part V Influence
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 2 - A Childhood in Bohemia
Early Teachers and Friends
from Part I - Formation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2020
- Mahler in Context
- Composers in Context
- Mahler in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Music Examples
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I Formation
- Chapter 1 Family Life
- Chapter 2 A Childhood in Bohemia
- Chapter 3 Music in Iglau, 1860–1875
- Chapter 4 Student Culture in 1870s Vienna
- Chapter 5 Viennese Musical Associates, 1875–1883
- Chapter 6 Becoming a Conductor
- Chapter 7 Between “Thrice Homeless” and “To the Germans in Austria”
- Part II Performance
- Part III Creation
- Part IV Mind, Body, Spirit
- Part V Influence
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
At the time of his departure from Iglau for the Vienna Conservatory in 1875, the fifteen-year-old Mahler had already absorbed the musical, religious, and educational influence of important figures who populated his childhood. The musicians among this group include numerous local performers and music directors who initiated him into the routine of practical professional musicianship. Despite their near-anonymity today, they were in many cases highly skilled artists with considerable training, and they provided the precocious and energetic youngster with a rich introduction to the materials of his art. His religious education was stamped both by his rabbi, J. J. Unger, and by Catholic priests, who together set an extraordinary example of tolerance and collaboration. Evidence of Mahler’s gymnasium years is provided mainly by recollections of school friends such as Theodor Fischer and by the music historian Guido Adler, five years older than Mahler but educated in essentially the same circumstances.
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- Mahler in Context , pp. 11 - 21Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020