Richard Heuberger (1850-1914)
Richard Heuberger (1850-1914). Profession: Conductor, Critic Neue Freie Presse. Residences: Graz, Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 18-06-1850 Graz, Austria. Died: 28-10-1914 Vienna, Austria. Buried: Hinterbrühler Cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Richard Franz Joseph Heuberger hailed from Graz in Austria, where he was born on 18 June 1850. He studied at the Graz Conservatory and […]
Wilhelm Hesch (1860-1908)
Wilhelm Hesch (1860-1908). Profession: Bass, baritone. Residences: Brno, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologns, Nürnberg, Prague, Salzburg, Vienna, Zagreb. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 00-00-0000, Year Born: 03-07-1860 Elbeteinitz, Czech Republic. Died: 04-01-1908 Vienna, Austria Buried: Baumgarten cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave 15-1. 1895 Concert Hamburg 12-04-1895. 1900 Concert Vienna 18-02-1900. 1900 Concert Vienna 22-02-1900. Wilhelm Hesch’s voice […]
Emil Hertzka (1869-1932)
Emil Hertzka (1869-1932). Profession: Publisher, Director of Universal Edition (UE) music publishers. Residences: Budapest, Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 26-07-1909, Year 1909. 12-08-1910. Year 1910. Born: 03-08-1869 Budapest, Hungary. Died: 09-05-1932 Vienna, Austria. Buried: 11-05-1932 Dobling cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave I4-3-1A. Emil Hertzka was an influential and pioneering music publisher who was responsible for printing […]
William James Henderson (1855-1937)
No photo. William James Henderson (1855-1937). Profession: Writer, Critic New York Sun. Residences: New York City Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 04-12-1855 Newark, America. Died: 05-06-1937 New York, America. Aged 81. Suicide. Buried: Unknown. Married to Julia Henderson. William James Henderson was an American musical critic and scholar, born at Newark, New Jersey. He […]
Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855-1907)
Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855-1907). Profession: Violinist, composer, conductor. Residences: Vienna, Stuttgart. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 09-04-1855 Vienna, Austria. Died: 26-04-1907 Vienna, Austria. Aged 52. Buried: Hietzing cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave 15-4D. Josef “Pepi” Hellmesberger Jr. was an Austrian composer, violinist and conductor. Hellmesberger was son of violinist and conductor Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. (1828-1893), who […]
Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. (1828-1893)
Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. (1828-1893). Profession: Violinist, conductor. Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 03-11-1828, Vienna, Austria. Died: 24-10-1893, Vienna, Austria. Buried: Hietzing cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave 15-4D. Josef Hellmesberger, Sr. was an Austrian violinist, conductor, and composer. Born in Vienna, he was the son of musician and pedagogue, Georg Hellmesberger, Sr. (1800–1873), was taught violin by […]
Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
Heinrich Heine (1797-1856). Profession: Poet. Residences: Paris. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 13-12-1797 Dusseldorf, Germany. Died: 17-02-1856 Paris, France. Buried: 00-00-0000 Montmartre cemetery, Paris, France. Grave Division 27. Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was a German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music […]
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). (Franz) Joseph Haydn was a prominent and prolific composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio and his contributions to musical form have earned him the epithets “Father of the Symphony” and “Father of the String Quartet”. Haydn spent much of his […]
Gerhart Hauptmann (1868-1946)
Gerhart Hauptmann (1868-1946). Gerhart Hauptmann was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into his work as well. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912. Gerhart Hauptmann was born in 1862 in Obersalzbrunn, now known as Szczawno-Zdrój, in Lower Silesia […]
Josef Matthias Hauer (1883-1959)
Josef Matthias Hauer (1883-1959). Josef Matthias Hauer was an Austrian composer and music theorist. He is most famous for developing, independent of and a year or two before Arnold Schoenberg, a method for composing with all 12 notes of the chromatic scale. Hauer was also an important early theorist of twelve-tone music and composition. Hauer […]