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Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking.
Gustav Mahler
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Gustav Mahler
Age: 50 †
Born: 1860
Born: July 7
Died: 1911
Died: May 18
Classical Composer
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Mahler
Sterile
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Cracking
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