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Offline James Meckley

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Henry-Louis de La Grange's Volume One Release Date Set
« on: April 22, 2020, 06:56:09 AM »
The long-awaited English-language version of Henry-Louis de La Grange's Volume One is to be released on 29 May 2020. The bad news is that Amazon.com shows a pre-order price of $195.00 plus tax. Beneath the author's name on the cover is the phrase "completed, revised and edited by Sybille Werner."

For anyone interested in comparing it with the 1973 version, here is its Table of Contents (with page numbers in bold):

Introduction ix

List of Illustrations xi

Abbreviations of Frequently-Cited Sources xiii

Chapter 1
Background – Family – Origins 1

Chapter 2
Iglau – Childhood: In Search of Himself and the World (1860-1874) 25

Chapter 3
The Conservatory – Matura – University (i) (1875-1878) 55

Chapter 4
The Conservatory – University (ii) – Mahler’s Circle of Friends – Vienna in
the 1870s – Wagner, Brahms, and Bruckner – Das klagende Lied (i) (1876-1878) 85

Chapter 5
The Intermediate Years – An Unsettled Existence: Poverty and Passion
Mahler in Search of Himself – Siegfried Lipiner
A Thwarted Love Affair: Josephine Poisl ( July 1878 - May 1880) 115

Chapter 6
Mahler’s First Conducting Engagements: Bad Hall and Laibach
Das klagende Lied (ii) – The Beethoven Prize ( June 1880 - April 1882) 145

Chapter 7
The Saga Society – Vienna and Olmütz
Literary Affinities and Passions (April 1882 - May 1883) 171

Chapter 8
Mahler in Kassel (i) – Prussian Discipline and Bureaucracy – Johanna Richter
Der Trompeter von Säkkingen (May 1883 - August 1884) 195

Chapter 9
Mahler in Kassel (ii) – Conflicts and Passions – The Lieder eines
fahrenden Gesellen – The Kassel Festival (August 1884 - July 1885) 221

Chapter 10
Mahler in Prague – First Major Successes in the Opera House:
Don Giovanni, Rheingold, Walküre, Fidelio – Betty Frank
Beethoven’s Ninth – Conflict with Neumann ( 1885-1886) 247

Chapter 11
Mahler in Leipzig (i) – Rivalry with Nikisch
Nikisch’s Illness ( July 1886 - July 1887) 281

Chapter 12
Mahler in Leipzig (ii) – Die Drei Pintos, the First Symphony, and Todtenfeier
Meeting with Strauss – Marion von Weber – Departure from Leipzig
Return to Prague ( July 1887 - September 1888) 313

Chapter 13
Mahler as Director of the Royal Hungarian Opera (i)
Reorganisation of the Opera – Das Rheingold and Die Walküre
Death of Bernhard Mahler (September 1888 - May 1889) 347

Chapter 14
Mahler as Director of the Royal Hungarian Opera (ii) – Illness and
Personal Misfortunes – Deaths of Marie and Leopoldine Mahler
First Performance of the Symphonic Poem – First Crisis at the Opera
Journey to Italy – Hinterbrühl – Mahler’s Brothers and Sisters
(May 1889 - August 1890) 373

Chapter 15
Mahler as Director of the Royal Hungarian Opera (iii) – Meeting with Brahms
Cavalleria rusticana – Géza Zichy – Farewell to Hungary (1890-1891) 411

Chapter 16
Mahler in Hamburg (i) – The Hamburg Opera – Early Triumphs
Bernhard Pollini – Visit to Scandinavia (March - August 1891) 443

Chapter 17
Mahler in Hamburg (ii) – Bülow and the Todtenfeier – The Humoresken
The German Season in London (August 1891 - July 1892) 467

Chapter 18
Mahler in Hamburg (iii) – Berchtesgaden – The Cholera Epidemic
The Second Symphony – More Family Problems
Steinbach (August 1892 - August 1893) 499

Chapter 19
Mahler in Hamburg (iv) – Josef Bohuslav Foerster and The Bartered Bride
First Performance of the Humoresken – Contacts with Richard Strauss
The Titan Symphony in Hamburg and Weimar – Bülow’s Funeral
(September 1893 - June 1894) 537

Chapter 20
Mahler in Hamburg (v) – Bruno Walter – The Subscription Concerts
First Partial Performance of the Second Symphony
Death of Otto (June 1894 - May 1895) 573

Chapter 21
Mahler in Hamburg (vi) – The Third Symphony – First Complete Performance
of the Second Symphony – Anna von Mildenburg ( June - December 1895) 619

Chapter 22
Mahler in Hamburg (vii) – Emotional Storms – Failure in Berlin
First Movement of the Third Symphony ( January - July 1896) 651

Chapter 23
Mahler in Hamburg (viii) – Completion of the Third Symphony
Failure in Leipzig – Success in Berlin, Hamburg, and Dresden
The «Call to be God of the Southern Zones» ( July 1896 - February1897) 683

Chapter 24
Mahler in Hamburg (ix) – Mahler’s Conversion – Relations with Weingartner
Third Failure in Berlin – First International Tour – Departure from Hamburg
(February - April 1897) 717

Appendices

Introduction by Karlheinz Stockhausen (1972) 753

Catalogue of Mahler’s Works 755

Jewish Life in Bohemia and Moravia prior to Mahler’s Birth 767

Mahler’s Poems 771

Select Bibliography 779

Index of Mahler’s Compositions 785

Index of Names 789

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I think I'll await a remaindered copy and suggest that my university library pick up the title in the meantime.
"We cannot see how any of his music can long survive him."
Henry Krehbiel, New York Tribune obituary of Gustav Mahler

Offline Freddy van Maurik

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Re: Henry-Louis de La Grange's Volume One Release Date Set
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2020, 12:00:51 PM »
Hi all,

I think it's out already. The Belgian publisher wrote to me yesterday, stating that my ordered copy would be sent to me that same day. If I receive it anytime soon, I'll report back!

Stay in good health, all of you!
Freddy

Offline James Meckley

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Re: Henry-Louis de La Grange's Volume One Release Date Set
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2020, 02:02:35 AM »
Perhaps it has different release dates in different countries/continents, or maybe Amazon.com is simply mistaken. In any case, unless someone sends me a review copy, I'm going to wait for a price drop.
"We cannot see how any of his music can long survive him."
Henry Krehbiel, New York Tribune obituary of Gustav Mahler

Offline barryguerrero

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Re: Henry-Louis de La Grange's Volume One Release Date Set
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2020, 02:29:12 AM »
James, thank you for listing all the chapters. That was a labor of love. I'm very interested in this also. I'm reading an early and relatively short book on Mahler by Paul Stefan. It's very good!

Offline Freddy van Maurik

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Re: Henry-Louis de La Grange's Volume One Release Date Set
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2020, 09:14:37 PM »
Yes, the Stefan-book is very good. I think it was the first biography on Mahler ever to appear (its first edition was printed in 1910).

As promised, I'm reporting that I received my copy of the Volume One. It's a huge book, even bigger and heavier than the 3 publications from Oxford University Press, and it cost me 169,- euro's  :-[ :-[
But I'm very happy to own this, and look forward to read the whole set (once...).

Cheers,
Freddy

 

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