Gustav Mahler was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. He was born in the village of Kalischt, Bohemia, in what was then the Austrian Empire, now Kaliště in the Czech Republic. Then his family moved to nearby Iglau where Mahler grew up. As a composer, he acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. While in his lifetime his status as a conductor was established beyond question, his own music gained wide popularity only after periods of relative neglect which... included a ban on its performance in much of Europe during the Nazi era. After 1945 the music was discovered and championed by a new generation of listeners; Mahler then became one of the most frequently performed and recorded of all composers, a position he has sustained into the 21st century. Born in humble circumstances, Mahler displayed his musical gifts at an early age.
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| Birthdate: | July 7, 1860 |
| Birthplace: | Kaliště |
| Date of death: | May 18, 1911 |
| Career ended: | 1911 |
| Education: | University of Vienna |
| Religion: | Roman Catholicism, Judaism |
| Also known as: | Gutav Mahler, G. Mahler, Mahler, Gustav |