Mahler month → The manuscript
One of the people who encouraged my interest in the music and life of Gustav Mahler is Gilbert Kaplan, a prominent businessman who has a singular passion for the composer. In addition to his career as a publisher Kaplan is a serious collector of Mahler-related documents and has published a variety of recordings, books and other material through his Kaplan Foundation, including the marvelous Mahler Album [currently out of print]. I had an opportunity to meet with Kaplan as I was undertaking my scholastic research on Mahler, and he generously gave me this facsimile of the Adagietto from Mahler’s autograph manuscript of the Fifth Symphony. Select the full-screen option above to view the score with audio.
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