{"product_id":"mahler-re-composed-george-m-iii-cummins-9781450289801","title":"Mahler Re-Composed","description":"In 2010, the composer Gustav Mahler celebrates his one hundred fiftieth birthday. In \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMahler Re-Composed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, linguist George Cummins shares a collection of six interrelated essays that provide a fresh perspective on difficult questions familiar to Mahler lovers. Cummins, a teacher of Russian and Czech at Tulane University, brings a uniquely Czech perspective to the study of Mahler's personality and work. In his careful examination of the composer's life and work, Cummins begins with an introduction that provides a glimpse into Mahler the Czech and continues with an account of Mahler's conversion from Judaism to Catholicism while making his way to the Vienna Hofoper directorship. \u003cp\u003e Cummins also takes a skeptical look at the legend of Mahler as an impotent, humorless neurotic and recreates the friendship between Strauss and Mahler-two of the greatest musicians of the early twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George M. III Cummins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1450289800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781450289801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.31d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"George M. III Cummins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48439199432959,"sku":"9781450289801","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f969c139-d53b-4fe0-bc20-ccd790c97071.jpg?v=1777176112","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mahler-re-composed-george-m-iii-cummins-9781450289801","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}