īorn in Bohemia (then part of the Austrian Empire) to Jewish parents of humble origins, the German-speaking Mahler displayed his musical gifts at an early age. A 2016 BBC Music Magazine survey of 151 conductors ranked three of his symphonies in the top ten symphonies of all time. After 1945 his compositions were rediscovered 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. 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.

As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century. Gustav Mahler ( German: 7 July 1860 – ) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. Gustav Mahler, photographed in 1907 by Moritz Nähr at the end of his period as director of the Vienna Hofoper

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