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100 years without Mahler (off topic)

Sorry this post has little to do with astronomy. O yes. As I have said many times, for me the music (in capitals) and Astronomy (ditto) are perfectly complementary (beyond the symphonies of Herschel). There is a wonderful symbiosis between the heavens, the stars, la naturaleza y la música. Este pensamiento, más propio del Romanticismo de Friedrich, os aseguro que me acompaña muchas noches de observación.

Sé que algunos de los lectores de mi blog son apasionados de Bach. Al menos, así me lo han manifestado. Yo, consciente de que soy un poco "bicho raro" en esto, como en otras tantas cosas, prefiero el repertorio sinfónico del XIX. Y, desde hace ya más de una década, siento verdadera debilidad y pasión por este menudo hombre medio bohemio, medio austriaco (era casi lo mismo por entonces), que era todo nervio y todo energía.

Dentro de poco se cumplen 100 años de su muerte. Así I wanted to do a small and brief reminder of this great musician such a good time has given me.

For those who do not know and want to start it, allow two recommendations. A book and a symphony.

First: the great (and intellectual) Norman Lebrecht essay: "Why did Mahler?" (Alliance Music). I quote a few selected phrases: "If there was a fire, save the children first and then my objects Mahler" and "Everyone needs a reference point. Mine is Mahler."

And, secondly, a symphony. The first, of course. Symphony No. 1 in D major , composed in 1888. Nicknamed the Titan. A trainee Mahler, but Mahler it already is. Traps, and is a good introduction for the following works of the Viennese, more complex and intellectual. Still echo in my head the first bars of the dawn ...

Apparently, Mahler's hot. Or at least, his movements slow and incomprehensible to those bold remixes discs to amputate works go together for the good of the masses. It is a crime, of course, but no way to listen to good music (is allowed to express a Rembrandt maimed?). Gustav Mahler is much more than slow movements. I invite you to know. Can be a journey without return.