- Biographical Information:
- Born: July 7, 1860 in Czech Republic
- Died: May 18, 1911 in Austria
- Austrian but born in Czech Republic, felt like an outsider and turned to music
- Late Romantic
- Bridge between 19th century tradition and 20th century modernism
- Composed 9 symphonies
- Wrote Lieder to combine traditional German works with new modernism
- He did not focus on innovation or the creation of new techniques, instead he worked to combine elements of old with elements of new
- He used Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art - combining all elements of art and production including music, staging, theater, scenes, etc.) which was initially put into use by Wagner
- Famous Work: Symphony 2, Movement 1
- Dynamic contrast (piano to fortissimo and back)
- Shocking and dramatic
- Extremely brass heavy
- Alternates between choppy, heavy, brass melody and smooth, soft string/wind melody
- Seems to be mostly through-composed, yet motives still exist clearly
This piece has style elements particular to Mahler and particular to the Romantic Era:
