Gustav Mahlers Symphonies

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Gustav Mahler's nine completed symphonies, his Lied von der Erde and the fragment of the 10th Symphony are among the most important and influential contributions to the symphonic genre in the transition from the 19th to the 20th century and are still firmly established in the worldwide concert repertoire today. In the seminar, we want to approach this dazzling and diverse oeuvre of the early deceased Mahler, whose claim to composing totality is reflected in the famous dictum "but to me, symphony means: building a new world with all available means of technique", from different perspectives: In addition to an analytical approach, the focus will be on questions of genre history and the musical-aesthetic dimensions of his symphonic oeuvre as well as questions of reception history.