Previous posts for July 7th are here: Gustav Mahler (2019), Doc Severinsen (2020), and Gian Carlo Menotti (2021)
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Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was one of European music's greatest composers and conductors.
Mahleriana: A Triptych of Limericks on the Two Rhyme Sounds
The Master Speaks
“A symphony must be like the world, it must contain everything” - Gustav Mahler
Said Mahler, when writing a score,
“I’ve got a whole world to explore.
My work isn’t ended
Until I’ve transcended,
So I’m adding a hundred bars more.”
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Breaking the Lease
It’s a difficult thing to ignore
When the Mahler fanatics next door
Have a playlist intended
To show off their splendid
New speakers by shaking the floor.
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Matters of Taste
Said a man who found Mahler a bore,
"When I listen that long, it’s a chore.
The effort expended
Just can’t be defended,
In spite of the bustle and roar."
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