Hidden Treasures

Molly M. Breckling is an Assistant Professor of Musicology at Rollins College. Her research interests include Nineteenth-Century Lieder, particularly that of Gustav Mahler, and Music History Pedagogy. Dr. Breckling has presented her research at national meetings of the American Musicological Society, the American Comparative Literature Association, and the German Studies Association and at an International Mahler Centenary Conference held at the University of Surrey in 2010. She has published writings in anthologies on Mahler and ethical approaches to Music History Pedagogy and in journals such as Notes and Ars Lyrica.

• IntroductionChapter 1: Gustav Mahler's Lieder from Des Knaben Wunderhorn:Questions of Conception, History, and GenrePART ONE: Cultural Commentary in Mahler’s Songs from Des Knaben WunderhornChapter 2: "The Misery of a Pioneer": Mahler’s Musical Responses to Critics and AudiencesChapter 3: "Highly complicated activity of the mind": Songs with a Freudian SlantPART TWO: Social Commentary in Mahler’s Songs from Des Knaben WunderhornChapter 4: “Wrestling with God”: Mahler and religionChapter 5: “A ‘Solid Human Being’ Will Yet Emerge in You”: Mahler Raises His Younger Siblings Chapter 6: ““Vehement and Consuming Longing, Mixed with Dread and Anxiety” Mahler’s Thoughts on Love and RomancePART THREE: Political Commentary in Mahler’s Songs from Des Knaben WunderhornChapter 7: “The Brutal Bourgeoisie”: Mahler and Socioeconomic EqualityChapter 8: "A final remnant of a sense of duty": Mahler’s Sentiments on MilitarismEpilogue