At bMaiernigg/b he completed symphonies nos.5-8 and in 1904 the Kindertotenlieder, settings of five poems by Rückert on the death of children. The death of Mahler's own elder daughter, Maria, from scarlet fever three years later left him distraught. b...../b From 1893 to 1896, Mahler took summer bvacations/b at Steinbach am Attersee in Upper Austria, where he revised his Symphony No. 1 (first heard in 1889), composed his Symphony No. 2, sketched his Symphony No. b.../b
After 1907, the year in which their elder daughter died, Gustav Mahler and his wife Alma wanted to run away from Maiernigg am Wörthersee (Austria). T he choice fell on Toblach and Trenkerhof. The house was on a perfect spot, ...
From 1893 to 1896, he took summer vacations at Steinbach am Attersee in Upper Austria, where he revised his Symphony No. 1 (first heard in 1889), composed his Symphony No. 2, sketched his Symphony No. 3, and wrote most of the song ...
