Gustav Mahler

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Timeline	1860 - Born in Bohemia 1870 - First public performance 1878 - Graduated from Vienna Conservatory 1888 - Symphony no. 1 in D "Titan" 1897 - appointed conductor of Vienna Opera 1902 - Married alma Schiendler 1906 - Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a thousand" 1907 - Conductor of metropolitan opera 1909 - conductor of New York Philharmonic, competed Das Lied and symphony no. 9 1911 - Dies in Vienna
Additional notes	- destroyed his early music - composed primarily symphonies and song sycles - idolized beethoven and Wagner - Most famous during his lifetime as conductor - His fame as a composer began in the 60's due to performances by conductor Leanard Bernstein - great Orchestrator, Massive orchestras Alternates between extreme complexity and diatonic simplicity - Long symphonies
Important works	9 completed symphonies (10 incomplete) Song Cycles: Songs of a Wayflower Youth's Magic Horn Songs on the Death of Children The Song of the Earth (Considered by some scholars an unnumbered symphony)

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