Why Mahler?By: Norman Lebrecht A century after his death, Gustav Mahler is the most important composer of modern times. Displacing Beethoven as a box office draw, heard in Hollywood films and on state occasions, his music inspires particular devotion. Some believe it helps heal emotional wounds, others find intellectual fascination in its contradictory meanings, and many feel that the music captures the yearnings and anxieties of our post industrial society. In