Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos. - Gustav Mahler 1 Share Now -
In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience. - Gustav Mahler 2 Share Now -
The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause. - Gustav Mahler 3 Share Now -
The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content. - Gustav Mahler 5 Share Now -
Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again. - Gustav Mahler 7 Share Now -
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. - Gustav Mahler 8 Share Now -