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Re: Ken Russell's "Mahler"
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Tony Duggan <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 28 May 2002 23:12:52 +0100
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Bernard Chasan wrote:

>Steve Schwartz asks the musical question:
>
>>Did Mahler really convert to Catholicism because he wanted to get into
>>Alma's drawers, for example?
>
>I believe that he converted to Catholicism because that was a requirement
>for getting the orchestral and opera posts he wanted (and got) in Vienna.

Correct.  It was as cynical as that.  As the movie shows too.

Tony Duggan, England.
Mahler CD recordings survey is at: http://www.musicweb.uk.net/Mahler/

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