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]]> http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/09/against-cliches-about-mahlers-music/comment-page-1/#comment-17224 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:59:00 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=8013#comment-17224 Poor Mahler, he has been accused and interpreted from both extremes of the interpretation: 1. that his music is full of the tragic characteristics of his jewish inheritance; 2. that he was the heir of the Wagner’s (someone who is also a constant victim of this) supposed Germanic musical pride (also a constant idea that comes all the way from Beethoven). I agree that unfortunately it is all too often that “understanding” music is not only related to knowing about the social and cultural context of the creators of the music, but moreover that such ideologically categories (created from a third person perspective) as “jew”, “marxist”, “feminist” or even (gasp!) “latino” seem to be a good starting point (if not wholesome starting points) to understand creative works of art. Where does creative genius start and imposed politicized identities end, that is a question that anyone who tries to appreciate art and history have to reflect on constantly… particularly when we talk about art in the 20th century.

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