Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (1852-1896)
Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (1852-1896). Profession: Impresario, director Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Residences: London. Relation to Mahler: Gustav Mahler himself in London (1892) Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 18-03-1852, Paris, France. Died: 22-06-1896, Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, England. Aged 44. Buried: 00-00-0000 Brompton Cemetery, Greater London, England. Sir Augustus Henry Glossop Harris was a […]
Eduard Hanslick (1825-1904)
Eduard Hanslick (1825-1904) Eduard Hanslick was a German Bohemian music critic. He was born in Prague (then in the Austrian Empire), the son of Joseph Adolph Hanslik, a bibliographer and music teacher from a German-speaking family, and one of his piano pupils, the daughter of a Jewish merchant from Vienna. At the age of eighteen Hanslick […]
George Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)
George Friedrich Handel (1685-1759). Profession: Composer. Residences: Halle, London. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 23-02-1685 Halle, Germany. Died: 14-04-1759 London, England. Buried: Westminster Abbey, London, England. George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel was a German-born, British Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. […]
Franz Hamperl (1866-1920)
No photo. Franz Hamperl (1866-1920). Profession: Doctor of Medicine. Cardiologist. Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Year 1907, Health. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 00-00-0000 Died: 00-00-0000 Buried: 00-00-0000 29-04-1907 Vienna: After he was vaccinated, Mahler underwent a cardiac examination by Dr Franz Hamperl. Diagnose: Mitral stenosis.
Oscar I Hammerstein (1845-1919)
Oscar I Hammerstein (1845-1919). Profession: Impresario, inventor (cigar manufacturing). Residences: Germany, New York. Relation to Mahler: New York Metropolitan Opera (MET). Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 08-05-1845 Stettin, Poland. Died: 01-08-1919 Lenox Hill Hospital at Park Avenue and 77th Street, Manhattan, New York, America. Buried: Woodlawn cemetery, Bronx, New York, America. Grave Golden Rod Plot, section 149. Oscar Hammerstein […]
Paul Hammerschlag (1860-1933)
No photo. Paul Hammerschlag (1860-1933) Profession: Mahlers Banker. Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Friend. Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 00-00-0000, Year Born: 07-07-1860 Vienna, Austria. Died: 24-06-1933 Vienna, Austria. Aged 73. Buried: 27-06-1933, Vienna, Austria. Cremation. Autograph working manuscripts by Mahler are becoming rare at auction. We have not seen any sketchleaf by Mahler at auction […]
Jacques Francois Fromental Halevy (1799-1862)
Jacques Francois Fromental Halevy (1799-1862). Profession: Composer. Residences: Paris. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 27-05-1799 Paris, France. Died: 17-03-1862 Nice, France. Buried: Montmartre cemetery, Paris, France. Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy was a French composer. He is known today largely for his opera La Juive. Halévy was born in Paris, son of the cantor […]
Emil Gutmann (1877-1938)
There is no photo of Emil Gutmann (1877-1938). Full name: Emil Albert Herrmann Josef Siegfried Gutmann Profession: Impresario. Residences: Munich. Relation to Mahler: 1910 Concert Munich 12-09-1910 – Symphony No. 8 (Premiere) and 1910 Concert Munich 13-09-1910 – Symphony No. 8. Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 00-00-1908 Year 1908 New York: Letter to Emil Gutmann. Early 1908. 1907-1908 Hotel Majestic. 00-00-1908 Year 1908 New York: Letter […]
Marie Gutheil-Schoder (1874-1935)
Marie Gutheil-Schoder (1874-1935). Profession: Soprano. Residences: Weimar, Vienna Relation to Mahler: Love affair likely, worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 16-02-1874 Weimar, Germany. Died: 04-10-1935 Ilmenau, Germany. Aged 61. Buried: Weimar cemetery. Her gravestone is removed during the DDR-period. Main cemetery (?) 1905 Concert Vienna 03-02-1905 – Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Kindertotenlieder, Ruckert-Lieder. Marie Gutheil-Schoder was one […]
Moriz Grunfeld (1819-1882)
No photo. Moriz Grunfeld (1819-1882). Profession: Leather merchant. Residences: Prague. Relation to Mahler: Mahlers landlord in Prague, 1871. See House Gustav Mahler Prague 1871-1872 (Golden Angel House, Celetna 29). Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 1819 Son: Alfred Grunfeld (1852-1924), pianist and composer. Died: 05-03-1882, Vienna. Aged 63. Buried: 08-03-1882, Central cemetery, IFR (Institut für Rechtsmedizin), Institute of Forensic […]