Italy’s president visits Mahler hut

Italy’s president visits Mahler hut

Why Mahler

norman lebrecht

August 26, 2024

In what may be the first official acknowledgement that Gustav Mahler created his last works on Italian soil, the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella visited the wooden hut in Dobbiaco (Toblach) where the nine and tenth symphonies were conceived.

 

He then took a walk in the meadow that formed Mahler’s view as he composed.

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