Paul Kammerer (1880-1926)
Paul Kammerer (1880-1926). Paul Kammerer was a biologist. Tried to prove in experiments that acquired traits could be inherited and claimed that intentional mutations were the real driving force of evolution. Committed suicide when suspected of having falsified the results of his experiments. Following the death of Gustav Mahler in 1911, for a time Alma […]
Max Kalbeck (1850-1921)
Max Kalbeck (1850-1921). Profession: Writer, critic Neues Wiener Tagblatt, biographer of Johannes Brahms. Residences: Munich, Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Friend of Brahms. Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 00-00-0000, Year Born: 04-01-1850 Breslau, Poland. Died: 04-05-1921 Vienna, Germany. Buried: Heiligenstadt cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave A-3-113. Max Kalbeck was a German writer, critic and translator. He became one […]
Otto Hermann Kahn (1867-1934)
Otto Hermann Kahn (1867-1934). Otto Hermann Kahn was an investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. He was born on February 21, 1867 in Mannheim, Germany, and raised there, by his Jewish parents, Emma (née Eberstadt) and Bernard Kahn. His father had been among the refugees to the United States after the revolution of […]
Amalie Joachim (1839-1899)
Amalie Joachim (1839-1899). Profession: Alto. Residences: England, America. Relation to Mahler: She sang the world premiere of two Wunderhorn Lieder in Berlin. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 10-05-1839 Marburg, Steyrmark (now Maribor), Slovenia. Married: 10-06-1863 Joseph Joachim (1831-1907) Divorce: 1882 Died: 03-02-1899 Berlin, Germany. Buried: 00-00-0000 Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Friedhof, Berlin, Germany. Grave: D-G2 Gitter (Ehrengrab). Amalie Joachim (1839-1899) and Joseph Joachim (1831-1907). 1892 12-12-1892 Berlin: […]
Leos Janáček (1854-1928)
Leos Janacek (1854-1928) Leoš Eugen Janáček (Janacek) was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style. Until 1895 he devoted himself mainly to folkloristic research and his early musical output was influenced by contemporaries such as Antonín Dvorák. […]
Wilhelm Jahn (1835-1900)
Wilhelm Jahn (1835-1900). Profession: Conductor, director of the Vienna State Opera. Residences: Olomouc, Pest, Krakau, Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Predecessor as director of the Vienna State Opera. Mahler played at his funeral 1900 Concert Vienna 23-04-1900 Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 24-11-1835 Dvorce (Hof), Moravia, Czech Republic. Died: 21-04-1900 Vienna, Austria. Funeral: 23-04-1900 Augustinerkirche, Vienna. Mahler conducted: 1900 Concert Vienna […]
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Charles Ives (1874-1954). Profession: Composer. Residences: America. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 20-10-1874 Danbury, Connecticut, America. Died: 19-05-1954 New York, America. Stroke. Buried: 00-00-0000 Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, Connecticut, America. Charles Ives was born in Danbury, Connecticut in 1874, the son of George Ives, a U.S. Army bandleader in the American Civil War, and […]
Vincent d’Indy (1851-1931)
Vincent d’Indy (1851-1931). Profession: Composer. Residences: Paris. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 27-03-1851 Paris, France. Died: 02-12-1931 Paris, France. Buried: Montparnasse cemetery, Paris, France. Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d’Indy was born in Paris into an aristocratic family of royalist and Catholic persuasion. He had piano lessons from an early age from his paternal grandmother, […]
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921). Engelbert Humperdinck was a German composer, best known for his opera Hänsel und Gretel. After receiving piano lessons, Humperdinck produced his first composition at the age of seven. His first attempts at works for the stage were two Singspiele written when he was 13. His parents disapproved of his plans for a […]
Karl Horwitz (1884-1925)
Karl Horwitz (1884-1925) in 1923. Havemann Quartet: from left to right, all in dark suits: Havemann, Kniestadt, Mahlke and Steiner. And thereby students of Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), from left to right: Karl Horwitz (second from left), Josef Schmidt and Fritz Fritz Kaltenborn (Salzburg, 1923). Profession: Composer Residences: Vienna Relation to Mahler: Organised Mahlers farewell from Vienna for […]