Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Gustav Mahler
Table of Contents
References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Gustav Mahler
For Students
Gustav Mahler summary
Quizzes
Illustration of musical notes. classical music composer composition. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society, music notes
Composers & Their Music
Read Next
the Beatles. Publicity still from Help! (1965) directed by Richard Lester starring The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) a British musical quartet. film rock music movie
What's the Difference Between Tempo and Rhythm?
Woman Playing a Theorbo to Two Men, oil on canvas by Gerard Terborch, 1667-1668. (Baroque Art)
What’s That Sound?: 8 Intriguing Early Musical Instruments
The last big concert of Jimi Hendrix before he died in London was in Germany on the isle of Fehmarn 6th of September 1970. The festival was called Love-and-Peace-Festival.
Is 27 an Especially Deadly Age for Musicians?
Discover
An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci
Moonrise over Tucson, Arizona
Why Doesn’t Arizona Observe Daylight Saving Time?
Close up of periodic table, focus on nickel, copper, zinc, palladium, silver, cadmium
When Was the Periodic Table Invented?
Camel at Khor Rori, Oman; mammal.
Do Camels Store Water in Their Humps?
Hindu Holi Festival celebrations with colored water, powder and colorful flower petals thrown over celebrants at a Hindu temple in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India on March 24, 2021.
Holi: Festival of Colors
A mug shot taken by the regional Colombia control agency in Medellin
Pablo Escobar: 8 Interesting Facts About the King of Cocaine

Gustav Mahler: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Gustav-Mahler
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born July 7, 1860 • Bohemia
Died May 18, 1911 (aged 50) • Vienna • Austria
Notable Works “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” • “Ode to Heavenly Joy” • “Resurrection Symphony No. 2 in C Minor” • “Song of the Night” • “Symphony No. 1 in D Major” • “Symphony No. 10 in F Sharp Major” • “Symphony No. 3” • “Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor” • “Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major” • “Symphony No. 9” • “The Song of the Earth” • “Tragic Symphony”
Movement / Style Postromantic music • Romanticism
Notable Family Members spouse Alma Mahler

Photos

Gustav Mahler
See All Images and Audio →

Related Topics and References

Dig Deeper: More Articles That Discuss This Topic
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Russian musician
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss
German composer
Antonín Dvořák.
Antonín Dvořák
Bohemian composer
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg
American composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English composer
Louis Spohr
German musician
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Hungarian composer
Sergey Prokofiev
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini
Italian composer
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
German composer
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Smetana
Bedřich Smetana
Bohemian composer
Aleksandr Borodin
Russian composer and scientist
Weingartner, Feliz, edler von Munzberg
Felix Weingartner, edler von Munzberg
Austrian conductor and composer
Sir Henry J. Wood
British musician

Related Quizzes and Features

Quiz
Illustration of musical notes. classical music composer composition. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society, music notes
Composers & Their Music
Illustration of musical notes. classical music composer composition. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society, music notes
Composers & Their Music