Gustav Mahler's Mental World: A Systematic Representation. Translated by Ernest Bernhardt-Kabisch (Hardcover)

A false Doctrin: The View of Mahler’s Symphonies as Absolute Music ? Mahler’s Symphonies as Esoteric Program Music ? The Poet-Composer ? Literary Passion ? Theories on the Jewish Element in Mahler’s Music ? The Jewish Trauma and the Ahasverus Complex ? Religious-Philosophical Persuasions ? Turn toward metaphysics ? Belief in the Doctrin of Predestination ? Art as Antipation of Fate ? Christian Dogma and Doctrin ? Aesthetics: Art and Life: Music as Autobiography ? Art and Nature: Music as Sound of Nature ? Art and World: Music as Metaphysics ? Mahler’s Theory about the Relation of Weltanschauung and Symphonic Music