Conductor; composer; and writer Bruno Walter (1876ndash;1962) worked closely with Gustav Mahler as the composers assistant and proteacute;geacute;. His revealing recollections of Mahler were written in 1936; marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the composers death. Walter first encountered Mahler more than 40 years earlier; when he served as the composers assistant conductor in Hamburg. He worked with Mahler again at the Vienna Opera; and after the composers death conducted the debut of the Ninth Symphony and Das Lied von der Erde. A staunch supporter of Mahlers genius and defender of his dour personality; Bruno cites the pressures faced by a gifted artist striving for perfection. This edition of his tribute to his friend and mentor features supplemental materials that include a biographical sketch of Mahler as man and artist by Ernst Křenek; the composers son-in-law and musical heir; and a new Introduction by Erik Ryding; author of Bruno Walter: A World Elsewhere.
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