Gustav Mahler's American Years 1907-1911

During the last four years of his tragically short life, Gustav Mahler's existence was dominated by his association with two of the leading artistic organizations of the United States. Two seasons as conductor at the MetropolitanOpera were followed by two terms (the second cut short by his final illness) at the helm of the reorganized and rejuvenated New York Philharmonic. In this unique history of Mahler's American years, nearly 600 documents serve to unfold and illuminate the course of a fasci