Hans Schliessmann (1852-1920)
Hans Schliessmann (1852-1920). Profession: Draftsman, graphic, silhouttemaker. Residences: Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 06-02-1852 Mainz, Germany. Died: 15-02-1920 Vienna, Austria. Buried: Hietzing cemetery (49-123), Vienna, Austria. Hans Schliessmann was an Austrian illustrator. Born in Mainz, Germany, he moved to Austria with his family when still a child in 1857. He started publishing in Humoristischen Blättern […]
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805). Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe […]
Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
Egon Schiele (1890-1918). Egon Schiele was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and the many self-portraits the artist produced, including naked self-portraits. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line […]
Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826-1886)
Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826-1886) in ca. 1873 with his son Victor. Profession: Writer, poet. Residences: Karlsruhe, Munich, Heidelberg and Berlin. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 16-02-1826 Karlsruhe, Germany. Died: 09-04-1886 Karlsruhe, Germany. Buried: Main cemetery, Karlsruhe, Germany. Joseph Victor von Scheffel was a German poet and novelist. He was born at Karlsruhe. His father, a […]
Franz Schalk (1863-1931)
Franz Schalk (1863-1931) Profession: Conductor. Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Yes 00-02-1898 Year 1908 Vienna: Letter to Franz Schalk (1863-1931). 00-02-1898 Year 1898 Vienna: Letter to Franz Schalk (1863-1931). 00-00-1899 Year 1899 Vienna: Letter to Franz Schalk (1863-1931). Autumn. 00-00-1899 Year 1899 Vienna: Letter to Franz Schalk (1863-1931). Late autumn. 02-01-1900 Year 1900 Telegram to Franz Schalk (1863-1931). 02-02-1900 Year 1900 Letter to Franz Schalk (1863-1931). 07-04-1900 […]
Norbert Salter (1868-1935)
No photo. Norbert Salter (1868-1935). Profession: Violoncellist, impresario. Residences: Budapest, Hamburg, Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 00-00-0000, Year Born: 1868 Austria. Died: 1935 Buried: Unknown. Norbert Salter was a cellist who played under Mahler in both Budapest and Hamburg (1891 – 1897). After Mahler left Hamburg for Vienna, in a letter of […]
Vasily Safonov (1852-1918)
Vasily Safonov (1852-1918). Profession: Pianist, conductor. Residences: St Petersburg, Moscow, New York. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 06-02-1852 Ishcherskaya (Itschory, Itsyursk, or Itsiursk), Chechnya. Died: 27-02-1918 Kislovodsk, Russia. Aged 66. Buried: Russian pianist and conductor, born Vasily Ilyich Safonov (??????? ????? ???????); also known outside Russia as Wassily Safonoff. Safonov was the son of […]
Friedrich Ruckert (1788-1866)
Friedrich Ruckert (1788-1866). Friedrich Rückert (Ruckert) was a German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages. Rückert was born at Schweinfurt and was the eldest son of a lawyer. He was educated at the local Gymnasium and at the universities of Würzburg and Heidelberg. From 1816-1817, he worked on the editorial staff of the Morgenblatt […]
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894). Photo by J. Ganz, Brussels. Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor who became a pivotal figure in Russian culture when he founded the St Petersburg Conservatory. He was the elder brother of Nikolai Rubinstein who founded the Moscow Conservatory. As a pianist, Rubinstein ranks amongst the great 19th-century […]
Hans Rott (1858-1884)
Hans Rott (1858-1884) Hans Rott was an Austrian composer and organist. His music is little-known today, though he received high praise in his time from Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner. Rott was born in Braunhirschengrund, a suburb of Vienna. His mother Maria Rosalia (1840-1872, maiden name Lutz) was an actress and singer. His father Carl Mathias […]