Known more during his lifetime for his conducting than for his composition, Austrian composer Gustav Mahler once referred to himself as a thrice-homeless man: a Bohemian among Austrians, an Austrian among Germans and a Jew among the people of the whole world. As the bridge between the Austro-Germanic traditions and early modernism, though, he can be regarded as one of the most important figures in Western art music of the 20th century....
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Greatest Works
Kindertotenlieder, Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Symphonies

 
Greatest Performers
Margaret Price, Felicity Lott, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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