“Passionate Spirit”, Cate Haste’s seductively accessible biography, offers a sympathetic interpretation of Alma’s life. Written in elegant, lucid prose, her book is a treasure trove of European cultural riches and scandalous intrigue. She uses Alma’s diaries to capture her subject’s inner world.
Her first serious fling was with the composer Alexander von Zemlinsky. She jettisoned him after meeting Mahler, whose fiancée she soon became. Sternly he decreed that there was room for only one artist in their relationship. Devastated, Alma nevertheless gave up her music for the sake of love. Theirs at first seemed a happy marriage, but, increasingly frustrated, she began an affair with Gropius. Gustav sought advice from Sigmund Freud, but Alma continued the dalliance until his death.
This article is a fine example of sexism.
You couldn't leave the house in early 20th century Germany without snogging a genius.
Oy vey.
Don’t know about first kiss, but certainly as Oscar Wilde says “ I like men who have a future & women who have a past.” To all misogynists.
The women must be made known of their work and influence
nicked_
why do you insist on celebrating white people still? this is very insensitive.
Tom Lehrer taught us this half a century ago
amobeagles
I think she may have been an opportunist or in modern slang -a gold digger!
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Thanks The Economist for featuring her!
Alma, tell us, all modern women are jealous ..
Economist, what the fuck is 'feminist revisionism' here? Your stories your history are all male and it is not 'revisionism' to correct the perspective.
maybe something more of a leech?
My Alma Mahler is the University of Kansas!
Tom Lehrer, the song-writing satirist, had an interesting take on Alma - Cate Haste’s portrait of Alma Mahler is compelling; the feminist gloss, less so
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