Josef Anton Engelhart (1864-1941)
Josef Anton Engelhart (1864-1941) in 1900. Profession: Painter, sculpter. Secession (member). Residences: Vienna, Munich, Paris Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 19-08-1864 Vienna, Austria. Died: 19-12-1941 Vienna, Austria. Aged 77. Buried: 22-12-1941 Central cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave 16H-1. Engelhart studied in the academies of art of Vienna and Munich, as well as in Paris, Spain, Italy, Greece […]
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934). Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos for violin and cello, and two symphonies. He also composed choral […]
Ferdinand Oscar Eichberg (1845-1898)
No photo. Ferdinand Oscar Eichberg (1845-1898) Profession: Conductor, composer, pianist, critic. Residences: Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 00-00-0000, Year Born: 21 or 22-01-1845 Berlin, Germany. Died: 13-01-1898 Berlin, Germany. Buried: 00-00-0000 Oskar Eichberg, Sohn des Musiklehrers Georg Ferdinand Eichberg und seiner Ehefrau Betty, geborene Cohn, wurde bei Friedrich Kiel und Carl Albert Löschhorn ausgebildet. […]
Emma Eames (1865-1952)
Emma Eames (1865-1952) in 1892. Profession: Soprano. Residences: Shanghai, Portland, Bath, New York, London, Paris. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 13-08-1865 Shanghai, China. Died: 13-06-1952 New York, America. Buried: 00-00-0000 Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, America. 1892 Concert London 29-06-1892. 1908 Opera New York 23-01-1908. 1908 Opera New […]
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904). Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) In 1898 Concert Vienna 04-12-1898 Gustav Mahler conducted the world premiere of Dvorak’s A Hero’s Song with the Vienna Philharmonic. In Year 1901 Mahler sought to stage Rusalka at Vienna’s Hofoper, where he was artistic director in the years 1897-1907. Dvorak, who had his whole life tried without success […]
Aime Dupont (1842-1900)
Aime Dupont (1842-1900). Profession: Photographer. Residences: Brussels, Liege, Paris, New York City. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 1842 Brussels, Belgium. Died: 16-02-1900 New York, America. Buried: 00-00-0000 See also: Etta Greer Dupont. Aime (Aimé) Dupont was a Belgian-born American sculptor and photographer who was best known for his pictures of opera singers when he […]
Etta Greer Dupont
Etta Greer Dupont Profession: Photographer. Residences: New York. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 00-00-0000 Died: 00-00-0000 Buried: 00-00-0000 See also: Aime Dupont (1842-1900). Married to Aime Dupont (1842-1900). Etta became the photographer for the business (and in later years, their son Albert also took his turn behind the camera), keeping the name Aimé Dupont Studio. […]
Paul Abraham Dukas (1865-1935)
Paul Abraham Dukas (1865-1935). Profession: Composer, critic. Residences: Paris. Relation to Mahler: Meeting 16-04-1910 in Opera Comique Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 01-10-1865 Paris, France. 16-04-1910 Gustav Mahler visits Ariane et Barbe-bleue (1907) in the Opera Comique. Died: 17-05-1935 Paris, France. Buried: Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris France. Grave Division 87 (columbarium), urn 4938. Paul Abraham Dukas was a French […]
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) Profession: Writer. Residences: Moscow. Relation to Mahler: Nina Hoffmann-Matscheko (1844-1914). Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 11-11-1821 Moscow, Russia. Died: 09-02-1881 St Petersburg, Russia. Buried: Tikhvin cemetery, St Petersburg, Russia. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky,sometimes transliterated Dostoevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. Dostoyevsky’s literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, […]
Cornelis Dopper (1870-1939)
Cornelis Dopper (1870-1939). Cornelis ‘Kees’ Dopper was a Dutch composer, conductor and teacher. Dopper’s reputation as a composer has suffered from the accusation of being ‘too German’ for much of his career, and still haunts him to this day. Very popular with concert audiences, his works never received much critical acclaim in his home country (unlike abroad). […]