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Born on 7th July 1860 in Kaliste, Bohemia (not far from the border with Moravia); died in Vienna on 18th May 1911.
Born into a German-speaking Jewish family, Gustav Mahler studied at the Vienna Conservatory, together with Hugo Wolf, and began a double career as a composer and conductor in 1880.

He very quickly became a renowned figure in both these chosen careers.

The Das klagende Lied (Song of Lamentation) cantata dates back to 1880. The first stages of the conductor’s career were in Bad Hall (1880), Ljubljana (1881-1882), Olmütz (1883), Cassel (1883-1885), Prague (1885-1886) and Leipzig (1886-1888).

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Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) were written in Cassel. The First Symphony, entitled “Titan”, was drawn up in Cassel, completed in Leipzig and premièred in Budapest in 1889. Mahler had been appointed director of the city’s Opera House in the autumn of 1888.

He stayed in this post until March 1891, after which he became the Chief Conducto