While researching Mahler and Modernism and listening to Das Lied von der Erde, I agree with Mahler being a pre-modernist. Mahler lived in the romantic era. However, towards the end of his life, he composed a more intimate (Gibbs, Taruskin.200:800) work. This work is based on eight-century Chinese verse. In Addition, the composer infused the … Continue reading Mahler and Modernism