Mahler

American  

[mah-ler] / ˈmɑ lər /

noun

1. Gustav 1860–1911, Austrian composer and conductor, born in Bohemia.

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Mahler British  

/ ˈmɑːlə /

noun

1. Gustav (ˈɡʊstaf). 1860–1911, Austrian composer and conductor, whose music links the romantic tradition of the 19th century with the music of the 20th century. His works include nine complete symphonies for large orchestras, the symphonic song cycle Das Lied von der Erde (1908), and the song cycle Kindertotenlieder (1902)

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Example Sentences

He helped found the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and won a Grammy Award in 2010 for best opera recording for Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd with the London Symphony Orchestra.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

For 25 years as music director of the San Francisco Symphony, MTT conducted Mahler and Tchaikovsky with a depth of soul that integrated his Russian roots and Bernsteinian character.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

It was here that his decided interpretive aptitude for Mahler took hold, stirred in part by his longstanding affection for the composer’s expansive musical worldview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

There are also early songs by Alexander Zemlinsky, Alma Mahler and Erich Korngold, members of the Viennese musical elite circa 1900 and, like Weill, ultimately emigrés to America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Mahler, she will say, meaning something else we can’t figure out.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee