Walter Rothwell (1872-1927)
Walter Rothwell (1872-1927). Profession: Conductor. Residences: London, Vienna, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Los Angeles. Relation to Mahler: Assistent in Hamburg. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 22-09-1872 London, England. Died: 13-03-1927 Santa Monica, America. Buried: Hollywood Forever cemetery, Los Angeles, America. Grave Cathedral Mausoleum. Walter Henry Rothwell was an English conductor. He was born in London to an English father […]
Anton van Rooy (1870-1932)
Anton van Rooy (1870-1932). Profession: Baritone. Residences: Rotterdam, Frankfurt, Berlin, London. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 01-01-1870 Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Died: 28-11-1932 Munich, Germany. Aged 62. Buried: 00-00-0000 1908 Opera New York 01-01-1908. 1908 Opera New York 09-01-1908. 1908 Opera New York 18-01-1908. 1908 Opera New York 24-01-1908. 1908 […]
Alfred Roller (1864-1935)
Alfred Roller (1864-1935). Alfred Roller was born in Brno, Moravia. He at first studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Christian Griepenkerl and Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels, but eventually became disenchanted with the Academy’s traditionalism. In 1897 he co-founded the Viennese Secession with Koloman Moser, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Josef Hoffmann, Gustav […]
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). See also: François-Auguste-René Rodin, known as Auguste Rodin, was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past. He was schooled traditionally, took a craftsman-like approach to his work, and desired academic recognition, although he was never accepted […]
William Ritter (1867-1955)
William Ritter (1867-1955). Profession: Critic, novelist, painter. Residences: Monruz (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Vienna, Munich (House Janko Cadra), Bisonne (House Janko Cadra), Melinde. Relation to Mahler: Friend. Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 31-12-1901 Year 1901 Vienna: Letter to William Ritter (1867-1955). 11-05-1906 Year 1906 Munich: Letter to William Ritter (1867-1955). Arrival date. 17-08-1906 Year 1906 Salzburg: Letter to William Ritter (1867-1955). 15-10-1906 Year 1906 Vienna: Letter to William Ritter (1867-1955). 03-11-1906 Year […]
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926). Profession: Poet, writer. Residences: Prague, Munich. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 04-12-1875 Prague, Czech Republic. Died: 29-12-1926 Montreux, Switzerland. Buried: 02-01-1927 Raron cemetery, Switzerland. From 1882 until 1886 he attended the Piaristen Volksschule, the Neues Stadt Gymnasium, as Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) did in 1871. René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, better […]
Johanna Richter (1858-1943)
No photo. Blond. Johanna Richter (1858-1943). Also: Johanna Emma Richter, Johanna Jeanne Richter. Inspiration for Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. Another episode that was to have far-reaching consequences for Mahler’s life and work was his affair with the singer Johanna Richter. Initially there seem to have been two options of an erotic nature that presented themselves to the […]
Marie Renard (1863-1939)
Marie Renard (1863-1939). Profession: Mezzo-soprano, soprano. Residences: Berlin, Vienna. Relation to Mahler: 1886 Concert Prague 18-04-1886 – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Lieder fur Singstimme (Premieres, piano) Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 08-01-1864 Graz, Austria. Died: 19-10-1939 Graz, Austria. Buried: Unknown. 1886 Concert Prague 18-04-1886 Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Lieder fur Singstimme (Premieres, piano). Marie Renard was an […]
Josef Reitler (1883-1949)
No photo. Josef Reitler (1883-1949). Profession: Critic, director Vienna Conservatory. Residences: Vienna, Berlin, Paris. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 00-00-0000, Year Born: 25-12-1883 Vienna, Austria. Died: 12-03-1948 New York, America. Buried: Unknown. Reitler studied violin and piano in Vienna, and music theory with Arnold Schoenberg in Berlin (1902-05). First he was music and […]
Max Reinhardt (1873-1943)
Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) in 1911. Max Reinhardt was an Austrian-born American stage and film actor and director. Reinhardt was born Maximilian Goldmann, an Austrian Jew, in Baden bei Wien, Austria-Hungary. From 1902 until the beginning of Nazi rule in 1933, he worked as a director at various theaters in Berlin. From 1905 to 1930 he managed the […]