Mahler's Forgotten Conductor

Hernan Tesler-Mabé is a part-time professor of History at the University of Ottawa, Vice President of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies, and a founding member of the University of Ottawa Holocaust Research Group.

"This is a worthy tribute to a long-forgotten conductor and devoted Mahlerite, whose evangelistic zeal did much to promulgate the composer's music. This in-depth coverage of Unger's life fills a void and, hopefully, paves the way for some trawling of the archives and release of some of the artist's live performances."- Stephen Greenbank (MusicWeb International) "It is exciting to learn about Unger’s eventful, unjustly forgotten life and archive, buoyed by Tesler-Mabé’s passion for reconstructing the conductor’s story."- Judah M. Cohen (Canadian Jewish Studies Vol. 31) "A useful contribution to Jewish studies, this monograph is a microhistory, a contextual biography of German conductor Heinz Unger."- M.N.H. Cheng, Colgate University (CHOICE) "The engrossing prose and honest narrative about a life that included many disappointments will fetch a broad audience as well as contribute rich material to musicologists who, finally, re envision their field as more than a series of great men. It is to our peril when historians skip over a stratum of musical life that was often ignored in the press." - Karen Painter, University of Minnesota (German Studies Review)

• Introduction  1. A Thoroughly German Youth, Early Trips to the Soviet Union, and an Unfortunate Exile (1895–1933)2. European Exodus: USSR, England, Spain, and the World (1933–1954)3. Early Life in Canada and a Return to Germany (1937–1956)4. A Jewish Renaissance: Life in Canada, the Israel Philharmonic, and the Mahler Centenary (1956–1961) 5. The Final Years and a Farewell to the World (1961–1965)Conclusion Bibliography Appendix: Known Concerts and Performances by Heinz Unger