Beschreibung:

[Mahler, Gustav] MORIZ ROSENTHAL'S AUTOGRAPH REMINISCENCES OF MAHLER, APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED IN THE ORIGINAL GERMAN describing his first meeting with Mahler at Julius Epstein's, and Mahler's playing of a symphony of his on the piano, recording Mahler's interest in him as a pianist, expressing his feeling that he had made a close friendship, recalling a meeting in Toblach, detailing Mahler's views on Scharwenka, Dostoevsky and Chopin, finding the latter too much of a miniaturist, referring to Riemann's phrasing reforms, noting Mahler's claim that phrasing depended on the disposition and current attitude of the performer, commenting on Mahler's negative remarks concerning the audience at a recital in Hamburg, disagreeing with Mahler's use of octave doublings in Beethoven, and recording a meeting at a Viennese café at which he extolled the material prospects of an American tour "...Das Mittagsessen bei Prof. Julius Epstein dem Doyen der Wiener Klavierprofessoren, verlief sehr angeregt. Mir gegenüber saß ein noch junger Mann mit scharf geschnittenen interessanten Gesichtszügen u. nervös-fahrigen Bewegungen. Epstein stellte ihn vor: Gustav Mahler, Componist, Dirigent u. mein "Klavierschüler"..." 9 pages, small 4to (27 x 21.3cm), autograph heading by Rosenthal (" Mahleriana "), no place or date [after 1911?], a few small stains, tiny tear to first leaf together with : a collection of autograph letters and postcards signed by other composers and musicians, including Pfitzner, Moszkowski (declining an invitation), Bruno Walter (to Paul Breisach), Schreker (mentioning rehearsals), Ricardo Viñes (to Calvocoressi), Lehár, Cyril Scott and Martinu, 11 pages, various sizes, autograph envelope by Lehár, Vienna, London and elsewhere, 1894-1952, where indicated