Lewy music publishers
1880-1885: 5 years to represent Mahler in Bad Hall, Ljubljana, Olomouc and Kassel. Cost 5%. Gustav Lewy (1824-1901). Music publishers. Publication by Lewy music publishers. Joseph Sulzer.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781)
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781). Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature. He is widely considered by theatre historians to be the first dramaturg. Lessing was born […]
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919). Profession: Composer (opera). Residences: Napels, Milan. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 08-03-1857 Napels, Italy. Died: 09-08-1919 Montecatini, Italy. Buried: Monumentale Delle Porte Sante cemetery, Florence, Italy. Ruggero (or Ruggiero), Giacomo Maria Giuseppe Emmanuele Raffaele Domenico Vincenzo Francesco Donato Leoncavallo (was an Italian opera composer. His two-act work Pagliacci remains one of […]
Felix Leifels (1862)
No photo. Felix Leifels (1862-0000) Profession: Double bassist, secretary and manager New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO/NPO). Residences: New York. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Yes? 00-00-0000, Year Born: 1862 Died: After 1922 Buried: 00-00-0000 24-02-1909 Appointed as the musicians’ representatives on the new committee. Richard Arnold remained vice-chairman of the committee until his death […]
Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929)
Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929). Profession: Soprano, singing teacher. Residences: Berlin. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Yes 00-08-1890 Year 1890 Letter to Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929). 24-09-1890 Year 1890 Budapest: Letter to Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929). 28-09-1890 Year 1890 Budapest: Letter to Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929). 12-10-1890 Year 1890 Budapest: Letter to Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929). 00-11-1890 Year 1890 Budapest: Letter to Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929). Early November. 00-04-1898 Year 1898 Vienna: Letter to Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929). 00-05-1898 Year 1898 Vienna: […]
Franz Lehar (1870-1948)
Franz Lehar (1870-1948) Franz Lehár was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe). Lehár was born in the northern part of Komárom, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (now Komárno, Slovakia), the eldest son of Franz Lehár (senior) (1838–1888), an […]
Alexander Lambert (1862-1929)
Alexander Lambert (1862-1929). Alexander Lambert and Josef Casimir Hofmann (originally Józef Kazimierz Hofmann; January 20, 1876 – February 16, 1957) was a Polish-American virtuoso pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor. Alexander Lambert was a well known piano teacher and director of the New York College of Music. Profession: Pianist, pedagogue, Director of the New York College […]
Edouard Lalo (1823-1892)
Edouard Lalo (1823-1892). Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo was a French composer. Easily his most celebrated piece is his Symphonie espagnole, a popular work in the standard repertoire for violin and orchestra. Lalo was born in Lille (Nord), in northernmost France. He attended that city’s conservatoire in his youth. Then, beginning at age 16, Lalo studied at the Paris […]
Oscar II Hammerstein (1895-1960)
Oscar II Hammerstein (1895-1960). Profession: Producer musicals, director. Residences: New York. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 12-07-1895 New York, America. Died: 23-08-1960 Doylestown, Pennsylvania, America. Buried: Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York, America. Cremated. Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals for almost forty […]
Maximilian Kurzweil (1867-1916)
Maximilian Kurzweil (1867-1916) in 1910. Selfportrait. Profession: Painter. Secession (member). Residences: Vienna, Paris. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 12-10-1867 Bisenz (Bzenec), Czech Republic. Died: 09-05-1916 Vienna, Austria. Aged 49. Suicide. Buried: 12-05-1916 Hutteldorf cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave 1-G21. Maximilian (Max) Franz Viktor Zdenko Marie Kurzweil was an Austrian painter and printmaker. He moved near Vienna […]