“Mahler’s childhood was not idyllic: His first composition (age six) was a Polka with an introductory Funeral March.”
—James Penrose, reviewing a new book about Mahler in the November New Criterion (not available online except to subscribers)
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Did I ever tell you about dancing the Polka?
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Heh. That’s a good beginning.
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The funny thing is that his first symphony is rather similar.
No, not that I remember, Janet.
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