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Classic FM looks at Gustav Mahler, the creator of awesome symphonic worlds that embrace the breadth of human experience.

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The last great figure in the Austro-German symphonic tradition, Mahler expanded the scale of music to near-bursting point — there are single movements in his works that last longer than an entire symphony by Mozart or Haydn. He also stretched the accepted system of major and minor keys to its limits, taking music to the very brink of atonality keylessness.

Mahler was also a brilliant pianist. Mahler was principally celebrated as a great conductor during his lifetime; his pioneering methods of rehearsing set the standard for the rest of the 20th century. During , Mahler began suffering from a certain lack of prowess in the bed department.

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