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Schumann

Brahms

Clara Schumann

Seiji Ozawa Young

Bela Bartok and Wife

Rudolph Barshai/Shostakovich

Leonard Bernstein is kissed by his parents after his first concert as conductor of the N.Y. Philharmonic Orchestra

Bernstein/Ozawa

Leonard Bernstein Family

Gustav Mahler

Mahler’s music is featured on more than 100 film soundtracks including Death in Venice, Sutter Island, Children of Men and The tree of life.

Mahler was reportedly difficult to work with. He had a nasal, high-pitched voice, was authoritarian and prone to anger, and he was a stickler for even minor details. Though he got results professionally, he…

With his marriage in crisis in 1910, Mahler had one helpful therapy session with the great psychologist Sigmund Freud. Freud’s diagnosis for Mahler was mother-fixation.

Gustav Mahler composed during the early morning and later in the day he swam, ran and cycled. He especially loved the outdoors and alpine trails. He once told a visitor to his summer cottage,…

Tchaikovsky https://www.californiasymphony.org/composer/tchaikovsky/tchaikovsky-conflicted-neurotic-brilliant/

Verdi

Franz Liszt

Eric Satie https://lineassobrearte.com/2015/01/17/trois-gymnopedies-de-erik-satie-1888/

Ernest Chausson

Sibelius,Young

Vaughan Williams

Tchaikovsky, A young Tchaikovsky at age 23

Béla Bartók (1881-1945), 1903