Georg Dohrn (1867-1943)

Georg Dohrn (1867-1943). Profession: Conductor, composer, pianist, critic, lawyer. Residences: Leipzig, Munich, Berlin, Cologne. Relation to Mahler: Conductor of the Breslau Symphony Orchestra, which Mahler conducted on 1906 Concert Breslau 24-10-1906 – Symphony No. 3, Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Ruckert-Lieder. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 23-05-1867 Bahrendorf (near Magdeburg), Germany. Died: 09-03-1943 Seeshaupt, Starnberg, Munich, Germany. Buried: […]

Johann Andreas Dippel (1866-1932)

Johann Andreas Dippel (1866-1932). Profession: Tenor, impresario, Director Metropolitan Opera. Residences: Bremen, Vienna, Chicago. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 30-11-1866 Kassel, Germany. Died: 12-05-1932 Hollywood, California, America. Buried: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, California, America. Abbey of the Psalms, Foyer F, Crypt 221. Opera. Andreas Dippel was a German-born operatic tenor and impresario […]

Bela Diossy

No photo. Bela Diossy (0000-0000). Profession: Journalist. Residences: Budapest. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 26-06-1896, Year 1896. Born: 00-00-0000 Died: 00-00-0000 Buried: 00-00-0000 Letter from Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) to Bela Diossy (0000-0000)Steinbach am Attersee 26-06-1896.

Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921)

Year 1909. Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921). Photo by his friend Gijs Hondius van den Broek (1867-1913). In his study in House Diepenbrock. Daughters:  Addresses: Year 1888. House ‘De Kleine Winst’, Markt 29, Den Bosch. Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921) lived here on the second floor from 1888 until 1893. Here we wrote ‘Missa in festo’ in 1891. (2018) Year 1888. Former Gymnasium in […]

Emmy Destinn (1878-1930)

Emmy Destinn (1878-1930). Profession: Soprano. Residences: London, Prague, Berlin, New York City. Relation to Mahler: Born: 26-02-1878, Prague, Czech Republic. Died: 28-01-1930, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Buried: 03-02-1930, Vysehradsky cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic. 1909 Opera New York 18-01-1909. 1909 Opera New York 19-02-1909. 1909 Opera New York 22-02-1909. 1909 Opera Philadelphia 25-02-1909. 1909 Opera New York 06-03-1909. 1910 […]

Leopold Demuth (1861-1910)

Leopold Demuth (1861-1910). Profession: Bass-baritone Residences: Leipzig, Hamburg, Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 02-11-1861 Brno, Czech Republic. Died: 04-03-1910 Czernowitz (now Chernovtsy) Ukraine. Buried: Central cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave 33H-7-7. 1897 Concert Hamburg 30-01-1897 (piano). 1897 Concert Hamburg 01-02-1897 (piano). 1897 Concert Hamburg 16-04-1897. 1898 Opera Vienna 12-03-1898. Also: Pokorny. Moravian baritone. He […]

Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

Frederick Delius (1862-1934). Profession: Composer. Residences: Florida, Paris. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 29-01-1862 Bradford, England. Died: 10-06-1934 Grez-sur-Loing, France. Buried: St Peter’s Church, Limpsfield, Surrey, England. Frederick Theodore Albert Delius was an English composer. Born in the north of England to a prosperous mercantile family, he resisted attempts to recruit him to […]

Deckner

No photo. Deckner (0000-0000) Profession: Impresario? Residences: Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 00-00-0000, Year Born: 00-00-0000 Died: 00-00-0000 Buried: 00-00-0000 06-1909 Toblach: Correspondence from Gustav Mahler to “Deckner”. Probably about the trip to Buenos Aires. The American Years.

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) (in 1908). Achille-Claude Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures associated with Impressionist music, though he himself disliked the term when applied to his compositions. He was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in his native France in 1903.Debussy was among the most […]

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) in 1881. Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist and geologist,best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory.He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors,and in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a […]