02510cam a2200361 i 4500 386896955 TxAuBib 20190916120000.0 181227s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018058720 9780465096718 32.00 0465096719 32.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Haste, Cate, 1945- Passionate spirit [BOOK] : the life of Alma Mahler / Cate Haste. New York : Basic Books, 2019. xii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Vienna childhood -- Awakening 1898-1899 -- Love and music 1889-1901 -- Divine longing 1901-1902 -- A nobler calling 1902-1907 -- Grief and renewal 1907-1910 -- 'To live for you, to die for you' 1910-1911 -- Tempest 1911-1914 -- War and marriage 1914-1917-- Intertwined souls 1917-1920 -- Conflict 1921-1931 -- Gathering storms 1931-1936 -- Flight 1936-1941 -- Exile 1941-1946 -- La grande veuve 1946-1964. History has long vilified Alma Mahler. Critics accused her of distracting Gustav Mahler from his work, and her passionate love affairs shocked her peers. Drawing on Alma's vivid, sensual, and overlooked diaries, biographer Cate Haste recounts the untold and far more sympathetic story of this ambitious and talented woman. Though she dreamed of being the first woman to compose a famous opera, Alma was stifled by traditional social values. Eventually, she put her own dreams aside and wielded power and influence the only way she could, by supporting the art of more famous men. She worked alongside them and gained credit as their muse, commanding their love and demanding their respect. Passionate Spirit restores vibrant humanity to a woman time turned into a caricature, providing an important correction to a history where systemic sexism has long erased women of talent. Provided by publisher. 20190916. Mahler, Alma 1879-1964. Arts, Austrian 20th century. Women composers Austria Biography. Diarists Austria Biography. Wives Biography. Biographies. Europe Intellectual life 20th century. Vienna (Austria) Biography.