Bruce Alan Wilson ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>Correct me if I am wrong, but I was under the impression that Mahler,
>although of he came from a Jewish ethnic background, was himself a Roman
>Catholic.
He converted in 1897 in order to be able to be appointed as director of
the Vienna Hofoper. There is no evidence that he was a genuine believer
in either Catholicism or Judaism AFAIK. I read once somewhere (but don't
recall where -if anyone knows of a source for this I'd be grateful) that
Mahler said he could never compose a Latin Mass because he could not bring
himself to set the words of the Credo.
Deryk Barker
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