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#MahlerToday "Very noble loyal friend. From my whole heart, I thank you for your bold endurance and the hero’s courage towards my work. Surrounded by a cruel public, bad critiques which may understand my works only after decades…”

#MahlerToday To acquaint Mahler with “his” new orchestra (THE New York Phil), in March-April 1909, two “festival” concerts were arranged (by Henry Wolfsohn).

The second concert, which took place on April 6th, included only Beethoven's Egmont Overture & 9th, Symphony.

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In the Image:

1. One of the first known photographs of Mahler and Alma Mahler (1879-1964) together, taken a year after their marriage. Basel, 1903. The photo is part of the Mahler family album, copyrighted by Marina Mahler.

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The next day, Justine Mahler (Mahler's sister) and Arnold Rose(Concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra), married without Mahler's presence, since he and Alma had left for their wedding trip to Saint Petersburg.

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#MahlerToday Gustav and Alma's secret marriage

On March 9, 1902, at the Vienna Karlskirche sacristy, Justi, Arnold Rosé, and Anna and Carl Moll, witnessed a marriage that had to be celebrated "in the strictest privacy" - the marriage of Alma Schindler and Gustav Mahler.