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Gustav Mahler

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Profession
Composer
Died
May 18, 1911
Zodiac
Cancer
Born in
Czech Republic
About
Composer and conductor of the late-Romantic period whose famous Eighth Symphony premiered in 1910. His compositional style combined 19th-century Austrian/German musical tradition with hints of early 20th-century modernism.
Family
He was married to Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel from 1902 until his death in 1911. They had two daughters named Anna and Maria Mahler. He was born into a Jewish family in Kalischt, Bohemia, a village that was, at the time, part of the Austrian Empire.

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