Gustav Mahler: The music of fratricide

Journal/Book: International Review of Psycho Analysis. 1981; 8: 257-284.

Abstract: Presents a musical-psychoanalytic study of Mahler, focusing on the period of the composer's early 30's when, following the deaths of both parents and his assumption of a role in loco parentis, there was a resurgence of earlier fratricidal fantasy and impulse. The relationship of this mental trend to the music is demonstrated in analyses of his works. The role of aggression in music is discussed. (French, German & Spanish abstracts) (28 ref)

Note: musical psychoanalytic study of G. Mahler

Keyword(s): Psychoanalytic interpretation; biography ; music ; artists

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