The Médiathèque Musicale Mahler is a multimedia library with collections relating to music of the 19th and 20th centuries. The institution is located in an elegant private house near the
Parc Monceau
Parc Monceau () is a public park situated in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, at the junction of Boulevard de Courcelles, Rue de Prony and Rue Georges Berger. At the main entrance is a rotunda. The park covers an area of 8.2 hectares (20 ...
in Paris at 11 bis rue de Vézelay (
8th arrondissement). It was founded in 1986 as the Bibliothèque Gustav Mahler by the French biographer of
Mahler
Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...
, musicologist
Henry-Louis de La Grange
Henry-Louis de La Grange (26 May 1924 – 27 January 2017) was a French musicologist and biographer of Gustav Mahler.
Life and career
La Grange was born in Paris, of an American mother (Emily Sloane, daughter of Henry T. Sloane) and a French ...
(1924-2017) and music critic, composer, and administrator
Maurice Fleuret
Maurice Fleuret (22 June 1932 – 22 March 1990) was a French composer, music journalist, radio producer, arts administrator, and festival organizer.
Biography
Born in La Talaudière in the département of Loire, Maurice Fleuret received his s ...
(1932–1990) in order to combine and make available to the public their extensive personal archives. The library's holdings have regularly been expanded and updated, and include original manuscript scores, letters, and other documents, and published scores, books, periodicals, press clippings, recordings (LPs, cassettes, and CDs), and other personal archives.
Pierre Bergé
Pierre Vital Georges Bergé (; 14 November 1930 – 8 September 2017) was a French industrialist and patron. He co-founded the fashion label Yves Saint Laurent, and was a longtime business partner (and onetime life partner) of its namesake des ...
(1930-2017), former director of the
Théâtre de l'Athénée-Louis Jouvet and former President of the
Paris Opera (1988–1994), succeeded La Grange as president of the Médiathèque in 2000.
Its president has been Bruno Ory-Lavollée since 2017.
The association changed its name from Centre de Documentation Musicale-Bibliothèque Gustav Mahler to Médiathèque Musicale Mahler in 2002.
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Libraries in Paris
Buildings and structures in the 8th arrondissement of Paris
Music organizations based in France
Music libraries
Gustav Mahler
Libraries established in 1986
1986 establishments in France
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