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September 20, 2016

Gustav Mahler, Genesis, and the “Judaic Aesthetic”

A musical analogue to the story of Joseph?

For years, Barton Swaim was baffled by the high esteem in which so many critics and musicians held the, to him, “muddled and perverse” symphonies of Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Having at last found himself enjoying a performance of the composer’s Ninth Symphony, Swaim reflects on what he sees as a biblical theme in the work:

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September 20, 2016

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