Mahler contra Lachenmann

Author: Schmidt Elgar  

Publisher: Routledge Ltd

ISSN: 0749-4467

Source: Contemporary Music Review, Vol.23, Iss.3-4, 2004-09, pp. : 115-123

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Abstract

This article is an exploration of the similarities between the music of Gustav Mahler and Helmut Lachenmann, with an emphasis on the latter's theatre piece Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern, despite the vast sonic differences between the two. Also often mentioned is Lachenmann's most important teacher, Luigi Nono, and comparisons are made between the works of all three composers.