{"product_id":"7429-mahler-werfel-alma-gustav-mahler-memories-and-letters-signed-and-inscribed-to-menahem-pressler","title":"Mahler-Werfel, Alma. (1879 - 1964) Gustav Mahler: Memories and Letters - Signed and Inscribed to Menahem Pressler","description":"369 pp. A very good copy in original gray cloth, lacking the dust jacket. Signed and inscribed in German by Alma Mahler on the front free endpage to Menahem Pressler (b. 1923), German-born American pianist, founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio: \"To my friend Menahem Pressler with good wishes for his life as an artist - that is the beloved path! Alma Mahler.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable association copy of Alma Mahler's memoir of her life with Mahler, and a selection of the letters he wrote to her. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Alma Mahler - the beautiful wife of composer Gustav, whose affairs with the painters Klimt and Kokoschka, and the architect Walter Gropius, were legendary - once invited him to play in her house. 'It was extremely hot, and I said to her, 'Mrs Mahler, may I take my jacket off?' She said, 'Mr Pressler, as far as I'm concerned, you can undress completely.' She opened the window, and when I protested that my playing might disturb the neighbours, she said, 'Don't worry, you can wake them all up!'\" (Kate Connolly, interview with Pressler, The Guardian, 11\/13\/08)","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093324451999,"sku":"7429","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Mahler_2C_Alma_book_sig_Pressler.jpg?v=1722187295","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/7429-mahler-werfel-alma-gustav-mahler-memories-and-letters-signed-and-inscribed-to-menahem-pressler","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}