The anti-Semitic elements in Viennese society, long opposed to Mahler's appointment, continued to attack him relentlessly, and in 1907 instituted a press campaign designed to drive him out.
A facción antisemita da sociedade vienesa, oposta durante moito tempo ao nomeamento de Mahler, continuou a atacalo sen descanso, e en 1907 emprenderon unha campaña na prensa destinada a expulsalo.