Gustav Mahler Quotes
When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one.
Bauer-Lechner, Natalie. Recollections of Gustav Mahler. Translated by Dika Newlin, W.W. Norton, 1980.
1st Baron Verulam
Gustav Mahler 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. In 2016, a BBC Music Magazine survey of 151 conductors ranked three of his symphonies in the top ten symphonies of all time.
