Walter Gropius (1883-1969)
Walter Gropius (1883-1969). Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture. Born in Berlin, Walter Gropius was the third child of Walter Adolph Gropius and Manon […]
Andre Ernest Modeste Gretry (1741-1813)
Andre Ernest Modeste Gretry (1741-1813). Profession: Composer. Residences: Belgium. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 08-02-1741 Liege, Belgium. Died: 24-09-1813 Montmorency, Paris, France. Buried: Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris, France. André Ernest Modeste Grétry was a composer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (present-day Belgium), who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality. He is most […]
Max Graf (1873-1958)
Max Graf (1873-1958). Profession: Critic, musicologist. Relation to Mahler: Residences: Vienna, New York. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 01-10-1873 Vienna, Austria. Died: 24-06-1958 Vienna, Austria. Buried: Unknown. Max Graf was an Austrian music critic, born in Vienna. Max Graf studied with Eduard Hanslick, Anton Bruckner and Guido Adler. In 1902 he became professor at the Imperial […]
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Charles Gounod (1818-1893). Charles-François Gounod was a French composer, best known for his Ave Maria, based on a work by Bach, as well as his opera Faust. Another opera by Gounod, occasionally still performed, is Roméo et Juliette. Gounod was born in Paris, the son of a pianist mother and an artist father. His mother was […]
Karl Goldmark (1830-1915)
Karl Goldmark (1830-1915). Profession: Composer, critic. Residences: Vienna Relation to Mahler: 1899 Concert Vienna 19-02-1899 and Restaurant Meissl und Schaden Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 21-05-1900, Year 1900. Born: 18-05-1830 Keszthely, Hungary. Died: 02-01-1915 Vienna, Austria. Buried: Central cemetery, Old Jewish cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave 52A-1-13. Siegfried Lipiner (1856-1911) wrote a libretto for his opera Merlin. Member of the jury of […]
Georg Gohler (1874-1954)
Georg Gohler (1874-1954). Profession: Conductor, critic. Residences: Leipzig. Relation to Mahler: On 09-01-1914 he conducted in Leipzig the by Gustav Mahler (shortly before his death) re-completed 5th symphony as “world premiere of the new version”. Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 00-00-0000, Year Born: 29-06-1874 Zwickau, Germany. Died: 04-03-1954 Lubeck, Germany. Buried: 00-00-0000 Karl Georg Göhler studied composition, music theory, […]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous […]
Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787)
Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787). Profession: Composer. Residences: Vienna, Paris. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 02-07-1714 Erasbach by Berching, Germany. Died: 15-11-1787 Vienna, Austria. Buried: 00-00-0000 Central cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave 32A-49. Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck was a German composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. After many years at the Habsburg […]
Umberto Giordano (1867-1948)
Umberto Giordano (1867-1948) Profession: Composer. Residences: Foggia. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 00-05-1900, Year 1900. To Justine (Ernestine) Rose-Mahler (1868-1938) . 00-07-1900, Year 1900. Born: 28-08-1867 Foggia, Italy. Died: 12-11-1948 Milan, Italy. Aged 81. Buried: Monumentale cemetery, Milan, Italy. Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano was an Italian composer, mainly of operas. He was born in Foggia in Apulia, southern Italy, […]
Julius Friedrich Gernsheim (1839-1916)
Julius Friedrich Gernsheim (1839-1916). Profession: Conductor, composer. Residences: Frankfurt am Main, Paris, Rotterdam. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 25-02-1896, Year Born: 17-07-1839 Worms, Germany. Address: Bismarckstrasse 86, Berlin. Died: 10-09-1916 Berlin, Germany. Buried: Jewish cemetery Weissensee, Berlin, Germany. Friedrich Gernsheim was a German composer, conductor and pianist. Gernsheim was born in Worms. He was […]