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[Mirror Image]

Well, I have just to admit that I'm rather surprised about how much Mahler is adored in this forum

[Lisztianwagner]

Maybe I had to add: "apart from Mirror Image" But I think you've appreciated some of Mahler's symphonies John, at least one/two, or it is only a conviction created by my unconscious?

[Karl Henning]

Mahler Industries has been hard at work, for decades, on re-branding The Neurotic Austrian : )

[Mirror Image]

Maybe I had to add: "apart from Mirror Image" But I think you've appreciated some of Mahler's symphonies John, at least one/two, or it is only a conviction created by my unconscious?

Oh, well certainly I like Mahler's 5th a lot. Some may not care much for it but I think it holds up well. I like the 7th a lot too. The 9th is pretty darn good too. I particularly like that last movement Adagio. Very powerful. But in all honesty, Mahler just isn't a composer that hits me the same way Ravel, Bartok, Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams, Villa-Lobos, etc. does. I don't know what it is that I don't like about the music but I just don't find it compelling and it just doesn't ignite much interest from me. It's really one of those unexplainable things. It's kind of like why doesn't Holmboe's music touch me? Why doesn't Schnittke appeal to me when his style is so fascinating? I don't know why, I just know that I don't like the aesthetic of it. Does any of this make any sense?

[zamyrabyrd]

Welcome David, nice to meet you!

Well, I have just to admit that I'm rather surprised about how much Mahler is adored in this forum; definitely no problem though, he's also one of my absolute favourite composers.

Count me in. Love his songs, too.
ZB

[Lisztianwagner]

Oh, well certainly I like Mahler's 5th a lot. Some may not care much for it but I think it holds up well. I like the 7th a lot too. The 9th is pretty darn good too. I particularly like that last movement Adagio. Very powerful. But in all honesty, Mahler just isn't a composer that hits me the same way Ravel, Bartok, Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams, Villa-Lobos, etc. does. I don't know what it is that I don't like about the music but I just don't find it compelling and it just doesn't ignite much interest from me. It's really one of those unexplainable things. It's kind of like why doesn't Holmboe's music touch me? Why doesn't Schnittke appeal to me when his style is so fascinating? I don't know why, I just know that I don't like the aesthetic of it. Does any of this make any sense?

Yes, it's not so simple to explain, though I may understand; something similar happens to me as well, especially with the Italian composers of opera: I may listen to their works, I might appreciate what I hear, but I'm not brought to listen to more and I'm not interested in knowing that music better, it's not attractive and powerful enough.

Count me in. Love his songs, too.
ZB

That's great; what about the symphonies?

[Karl Henning]

Mahler wrote symphonies?

[Lisztianwagner]

Mahler wrote symphonies?

Very funny