Richard Horn
No photo. Richard Horn (0000-0000). Profession: Lawyer. Residences: Germany. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 00-00-1903, Year 1903. Born: Bohemia. Died: Unknown. Buried: Unknown. It was during his stay in the Imperial hotel in Frankfurt that Mahler must have written his letter to Dr Richard Horn, enclosing an article from the Kolnische Zeitung (29-11-1903), concerning […]
Louise Dilworth Beatty Homer (1871-1947)
Louise Dilworth Beatty Homer (1871-1947). Profession: Mezzo-soprano. Residences: New York City, Boston, Chicago, Paris. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 30-04-1871 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, America. Died: 06-05-1947 Winter Park, Florida, America. Buried: Bolton Rural Cemetery, Warren County, New York. 1908 Opera New York 01-01-1908. 1908 Opera New York 09-01-1908. 1908 Opera New […]
Johannes Hollnsteiner (1895-1971)
Johannes Hollnsteiner (1895-1971). 1919 Ordination, 1920 Promotion, 1923 Professor at Sankt Florian. See Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). In 1932, following the interment of Cardinal Innitzer, Alma gave a meal for several ecclesiastical dignitaries, including the good-looking theology professor Johannes Hollnsteiner, in his late thirties, and seen by many to be Vienna´s next cardinal. A very intense relationship developed from […]
Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929)
Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929). Profession: Poet, playwright. Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 01-11-1874 Landstrasse, Vienna, Austria. Address 1902: III, Salesianergasse 12, Vienna, Austria. Died: 15-07-1929 Rodaun, Liesing, Austria. Buried: Kalkburg cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave E-1-49. Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist. Hofmannsthal […]
Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956)
Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) ca. 1898 in the studio of Koloman Moser (1868-1918). Josef Hoffmann was an Austrian architect and designer of consumer goods. Hoffmann was born in Brtnice, Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic). He studied at the Higher State Crafts School in Brno (Brünn) beginning in 1887 and then worked with the local military planning authority […]
Josef Hoffmann (1831-1904)
Josef Hoffmann (1831-1904). Profession: Landscape painter, graphic, stage designer. Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 22-07-1831 Vienna, Austria. Died: 31-01-1904 Vienna, Austria. Buried: 02-02-1904 Evangelical Cemetery Matzleinsdorf, Vienna. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts by the historian Carl Rahl (1851-1856) and worked on the reconstruction of stage decorations for the court […]
Petronella Johanna Boissevain (1881-1956)
Petronella Johanna Boissevain (1881-1956) Profession: Residences: Amsterdam, Surabaya, Leeuwarden. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: No Born: 24-12-1881, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Died: 03-12-1956, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Buried: Huizum cemetery (Friesland), the Netherlands Daughter of Charles Boissevain (1842-1927) well-known Dutch journalist and Emily Heloise MacDonnell. 10-03-1906: Zuiderzee: Number 6. at a photo with Gustav Mahler. See Zuiderzee […]
Robert Hirschfeld (1858-1914)
No photo. Robert Hirschfeld (1858-1914). Profession: Critic Wiener Abendpost, musicologist Residences: Vienna, Salzburg. Relation to Mahler: Opponent. Reviews 1909, 1910. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 17-09-1857 Velke Mezirici, (Grossmeseritsch), Czech Republic. Died: 02-04-1914 Salzburg, Austria. Buried: Unknown. See also: Paul Stauber (1876-1918) and 1900 Concert Vienna 16-12-1900. Journalist, music author, from 1882 teacher at the Vienna Conservatory; organised concerts […]
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963). Paul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher and conductor. Notable compositions include his song cycle Das Marienleben (1923) and opera Mathis der Maler (1938). Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt am Main, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child. He entered Frankfurt’s Hoch’sche Konservatorium, where he studied violin with Adolf Rebner, […]
Laura Hilgermann (1865-1945)
Laura Hilgermann (1865-1945). Profession: Alto, mezzo-soprano. Residences: Prague, Budapest, Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Mahler engaged her in February 1890 at the Royal Opera in Budapest. In 1900 appointed by Gustav Mahler at the Vienna Court Opera. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 13-10-1865 Wahring, Vienna, Austria. Address: Rubesgasse 622/XII, now Rubesova No. 12, 622/12, Prague. Died: 08-03-1945 Budapest, Hungary. […]