Gustav Mahler: Volume 2. Vienna: The Years of Challenge (1897-1904)

This is the second volume of de La Grange's monumental study of the life and music of Gustav Mahler. Thirty years of research and a vast array of documentary material are here co-ordinated. It also discusses many popular works he wrote in this period: the Fourth and Fifth Symphonies, and the Wunderhorn-, Ruckert-, and Kindertotenleider.