[mah-ler] 
Gus⋅tav [goo s-tahf] , 1860–1911, Austrian composer and conductor, born in Bohemia. |
| Mah·ler (mä'lər) Austrian composer and conductor of the Vienna State Opera House (1897-1907) whose completed works, most notably Das Lied von der Erde (1908) and Symphony Number 9 (1909), are unrestricted by conventional musical forms. |
An Austrian composer and conductor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Mahler wrote long, intensely emotional works for large orchestras, including nine symphonies and part of a tenth.
