Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos.
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| Birth: | 7th July, 1860 |
| Death: | 18th May, 1911 |
| Nationality: | Austrian |
| Profession: | Composer, Music Conductor |
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Gustav Mahler was a late-Romantic composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. A Jew, he was born in the village of Kalischt, Bohemia, in what was then the Austrian Empire, now Kaliste in the Czech Republic. His family later moved to nearby Iglau, where Mahler grew up.
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