Mahler's Voices brings together a close reading of the renowned composer's music with wide-ranging cultural and historical interpretation, unique in being a study not of Mahler's works as such but of Mahler's musical style.

Johnson considers how Mahler's body of music foregrounds the idea of artifice, construction and musical convention while also presenting itself as act of authentic expression and disclosure. This study of brings together a close reading of the renowned composer's music with wide-ranging cultural and historical interpretation.

A fully annotated guide to works for solo voice published in modern editions and covering material from the 13th century to the present.

The diverse topics and methodologies of the essays brought together in this collection address particular gaps in the current scholarly understanding of Mahler and his work, and provide contexts for a continuing discourse receptive to differing musicological concerns.