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	Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911) was an Austrian composer of late Romantic music, one of the most important symphonic composers and one of the leading conductors of his generation. He was born on July 7, 1860, in the town of Kalistch in Bohemia, then a province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the second of 12 children of a wealthy Jewish family. Six of his younger siblings died in infancy from childhood illnesses, which marked his childhood. From the age of 6, his parents arranged for him to start piano lessons. In 1875, Mahler, at the age of fifteen, was admitted to the Vienna Conservatory, where he studied piano, harmony and composition. Three years later, at the University of Vienna, he studied History, Philosophy and Music. In 1880, Mahler began his career as conductor at the Bad Hull Summer Theater, and in the years that followed, he worked on increasingly important European operas, including the Ljubljana Opera in 1881, the Vienna and Kassel Opera in 1883. Prague in 1885, Leipzig in 1886, Budapest in 1888. For many years he was also the artistic director of the Vienna Opera. Mahler mainly composed arrangements and composed songs. His early works contain the pain he felt in his childhood. His first two agreements are full of intense and turbulent emotion and contain mourning raids, with death however appearing to be something that can be overcome. In his third covenant, he turns to nature and God. At the same time, in addition to agreements, he also wrote songs, inspired by the folk poetry of the time. In February 1901, a few years after taking over as director of the Vienna Opera, Mahler suffered a near-fatal hemorrhage. The compositions of that period reflect the encounter with death. Then began the fifth symphony, the first part of which is characterized by the strong presence of the mourning tone. In 1895, while Mahler was in Hamburg, Otto's younger brother, also a composer, committed suicide at the age of 21. At the end of 1901 he met Alma Schindler, twenty years his junior, whom he fell in love with and married the following spring. The summer ended the fifth symphony in an atmosphere of rejoicing. Three years later, his second-born daughter, Maria, became seriously ill and died. At the same time he learned that his heart had a serious problem. In 1909 he finished the 9th symphony with the element of death dominating it; he did not manage to finish the 10th. He died on May 18, 1911, of streptococcus.

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Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911) was an Austrian composer of late Romantic music, one of the most important symphonic composers and one of the leading conductors of his generation. He was born on July 7, 1860, in the town of Kalistch in Bohemia, then a province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the second of 12 children of a wealthy Jewish family. Six of his younger siblings died in infancy from childhood illnesses, which marked his childhood. From the age of 6, his parents arranged for him to start piano lessons.

In 1875, Mahler, at the age of fifteen, was admitted to the Vienna Conservatory, where he studied piano, harmony and composition. Three years later, at the University of Vienna, he studied History, Philosophy and Music. In 1880, Mahler began his career as conductor at the Bad Hull Summer Theater, and in the years that followed, he worked on increasingly important European operas, including the Ljubljana Opera in 1881, the Vienna and Kassel Opera in 1883. Prague in 1885, Leipzig in 1886, Budapest in 1888. For many years he was also the artistic director of the Vienna Opera.

Mahler mainly composed arrangements and composed songs. His early works contain the pain he felt in his childhood. His first two agreements are full of intense and turbulent emotion and contain mourning raids, with death however appearing to be something that can be overcome. In his third covenant, he turns to nature and God. At the same time, in addition to agreements, he also wrote songs, inspired by the folk poetry of the time. In February 1901, a few years after taking over as director of the Vienna Opera, Mahler suffered a near-fatal hemorrhage. The compositions of that period reflect the encounter with death. Then began the fifth symphony, the first part of which is characterized by the strong presence of the mourning tone. In 1895, while Mahler was in Hamburg, Otto's younger brother, also a composer, committed suicide at the age of 21. At the end of 1901 he met Alma Schindler, twenty years his junior, whom he fell in love with and married the following spring. The summer ended the fifth symphony in an atmosphere of rejoicing. Three years later, his second-born daughter, Maria, became seriously ill and died. At the same time he learned that his heart had a serious problem. In 1909 he finished the 9th symphony with the element of death dominating it; he did not manage to finish the 10th. He died on May 18, 1911, of streptococcus.