Media Room Live! With Prof. Nancy Newman
Alma Mahler married Gustav Mahler in 1902 when he was 41 and she was 22. Both were accomplished composers.
In a famous letter, Gustav famously insisted that Alma cease composing as a condition of their marriage. Watch Cate Blanchett read that letter in the video below.
‘You Must Surrender Yourself To Me’
#AlmaToo
In her essay #AlmaToo: The Art of Being Believed, published in 2022 by the Journal of the American Musicological Society, University at Albany Professor of Music Nancy Newman writes about Alma Mahler in the context of the contemporary #MeToo movement.
Nancy and I discussed issues of…
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