文档介绍：IGUSTAV MAHLER
Ik STUDY OF HIS PERSONALITY 6 WORK
PAUL STEFAN
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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Presented to the
FACULTY OF Music LIBRARY
by
Estate of
Robert A. Fenn
GUSTAV MAHLER
A Study of His Personality and tf^ork
BY
PAUL STEFAN
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN EY
T. E. CLARK
NEW YORK : G. SCHIRMER
COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY
G. SCHIRMER
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To
OSKAR FRIED
WHOSE GREAT PERFORMANCES OF MAHLER'S WORKS
ARE SHINING POINTS IN BERLIN'S MUSICAL
LIFE, AND ITS MUSICIANS' MOST SPLENDID
REMEMBRANCES, THIS TRANSLATION
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BERLIN, Summer of 1912.
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
The present translation was undertaken by the writer some
two years ago, on the appearance of the first German edition.
Oskar Fried had made known to us in Berlin the overwhelming
beauty of Mahler's music, and it was intended that the book
should pave the way for Mahler in England. From his
appearance there, we hoped that his genius as man and musi-
cian would be recognised, and also that his example would put
an end to the intolerable existing chaos in reproductive music-
making, wherein every quack may eed who is unscrupulous
enough and wealthy enough to hold out until he es
"popular." The English musician's prayer was: "God pre-
serve Mozart and Beethoven until the right es,"
and this man would have been Mahler.
Then came Mahler's death with such appalling suddenness
for our youthful enthusiasm. Since that tragedy, "young"
musicians suddenly find themselves a generation older, if
only for the reason that the responsibility of continuing Mah-
ler's ideals now rests upon their shoulders in dead earnest.
The work, in England and elsewhere, will now fall to others.
Progress will be slow at first, but the way is clear and there
are those who are strong enough to walk in Mahler's footsteps.
The future of Mahler'positions is as certain as that his
ideals will live; and it is perhaps they that concern the musical
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