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Mahler's Lament

by (author) Deborah Kirshner

Publisher
Quattro Books
Initial publish date
Oct 2011
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781926802619
    Publish Date
    Oct 2011
    List Price
    $16.95

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Out of print

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Description

This novella is the story of Mahler's love affair with Marion Von Weber and an account of the first performance of 'The Titan', the original name of the symphony, when Mahler conducted it in Budapest on November 20, 1889. He was 29 years old.

About the author

Deborah Kirshner was born in Montreal in 1954. She has spent her adult life as a professional violinist, graduating in performance from U of T in 1976. She then went on to study with Mr. Itzhak Perlman at Brooklyn College where she was enrolled in a Masters program. She has been the recipient of many grants, scholarships and awards and her string trio recently recorded the sound track for a documentary film. In 2003 she published her first article, ‘The Genius of Django’, for The Walrus Magazine which earned her a Gold National Magazine Award in Arts and Literature. She subsequently published two more pieces that also received national attention. In 2006 she was awarded a fellowship for Creative Non -Fiction at the Banff Center where she first began writing on Gustav Mahler. Mahler’s Lament is her first foray into historical fiction.

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