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Re: Ken Russell's "Mahler"
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Bernard Chasan <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 28 May 2002 17:25:42 -0400
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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.

Bernard Chasan

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