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.
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