Gustav Mahler
7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911
Gustav Mahler was an Austro-Bohemian 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, and is best known for his nine completed symphonies and song cycles.
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Life events
Gustav Mahler was born in a village in Bohemia, then part of the Austrian Empire.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMahler enrolled at the Vienna Conservatory to study piano and composition.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMahler took his first conducting post at a summer theatre, launching a rise through European opera houses.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMahler became director of the Vienna Court Opera, a position he held for a decade and made his most celebrated conducting role.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMahler married Alma Schindler, a composer and prominent figure of Viennese society.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMahler led the Metropolitan Opera and then the New York Philharmonic in the final years of his life.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMahler conducted the premiere of his monumental Symphony No. 8, the 'Symphony of a Thousand', in Munich.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMahler died of bacterial endocarditis, leaving his Symphony No. 10 unfinished.
Source: en.wikipedia.org