Mahler was split right down the middle, with the curious result that whatever quality is perceptible and definable in his music, the diametrically opposite quality is equally so.

• 马勒从一中分为二，其结果是：不论在他的音乐中可以感觉到、并加以定义什么特质，那么，与之截然相反的特质也一样可以感觉并加以定义。