In Austria, Mahler's work experienced a brief renaissance between 1934 and 1938, a period known today as 'Austrofascism', when the authoritarian regime with the help of Alma Mahler and Bruno Walter, who were both on friendly terms with the new chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg, sought to make Mahler into a national icon (with a status comparable to that of Wagner in Germany).
En Austria, a obra de Mahler experimentou un breve renacemento entre 1934 e 1938, un período coñecido hoxe como 'Austrofascismo', cando o réxime autoritario coa axuda de Alma Mahler e Bruno Walter, que estaban en termos amigables co novo chanceler Kurt Schuschnigg, trataron de facer de Mahler unha icona nacional (cun status comparable ao que Wagner tiña en Alemaña).