Mahler scholar dies on the composer’s birthday

Mahler scholar dies on the composer’s birthday

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norman lebrecht

July 12, 2017

We have been informed of the death of Susan M Filler, a musicologist at Northwestern University who published Gustav and Alma Mahler: A Research and Information Guide(1989; 2nd edition, 2008) and Compendium of American Musicology: Essays in honor of John F. Ohl (1999).

She died of cancer on July 7, the composer’s 157th birthday. Susan was 69.

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