Andre Chantemesse (1851-1919)
Andre Chantemesse (1851-1919). Profession: Doctor of Medicine. Bacteriologist. Residences: Paris. Relation to Mahler: Year 1911, Health. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 23-10-1851 Puy, France. Died: 25-02-1919 Paris, France. Aged 67. Spanish flu. Buried: Unknown. André Chantemesse was a French bacteriologist born in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire. From 1880 to 1885 he served as interne des hôpitaux in Paris, earning his […]
Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938)
Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938). Profession: Bass, Bass baritone. Residences: Russia, Milan, New York. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 13-02-1873 Kazan, Russia. Died: 12-04-1938 Paris, France. Buried: Paris Reburied: 00-00-1985 Novodevitsji cemetery, Moscow, Russia. 1908 Opera New York 23-01-1908. 1908 Opera New York 27-01-1908. 1908 Opera New York 12-02-1908. 1908 Opera Philadelphia 18-02-1908. […]
George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931)
George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931). Profession: Composer. Residences: America. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 13-11-1854 Lowell, Massachusetts, America. Died: 04-04-1931 Boston, Massachusetts, America. Buried: Chadwick’s ashes were interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, America. George Whitefield Chadwick was an American composer. Along with Horatio Parker, Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, and Edward MacDowell, he […]
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894). Profession: Composer Residences: France Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 18-01-1841 Ambert, Puy-de-Dome, France. Died: 13-09-1894 Paris, France. Aged 53. Buried: 00-00-0000 Montparnasse cemetery, Paris, France. Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier was a French Romantic composer and pianist. Although known primarily for two of his orchestral works, España and Joyeuse marche, he left an important corpus […]
Enrico Caruso (1873-1921)
Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). Enrico Caruso was an Italian operatic tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles from the Italian and French repertoires that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic. Caruso also made approximately 290 commercially released recordings from […]
Sarah Charles Cahier (1870-1951)
Sarah Charles Cahier (1870-1951). Profession: Mezzo-soprano. Residences: American. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 08-01-1870 Nashville, America. Died: 15-04-1951 Manhattan Beach, California, America. Buried: Unknown. 1911 Concert Munich 20-11-1911 – Das Lied von der Erde (Premiere, posthumous). Real name: Sara Jane Walker. Sara Cahier was an American-born mezzo-soprano or contralto […]
Janko Cadra (1882-1927)
Janko Cadra (1882-1927). Profession: Short-story writer, publicist, translator. Residences: Munich (House Janko Cadra), Bisonne (House Janko Cadra). Relation to Mahler: Friend. He kept diaries of his meetings with Gustav Mahler. Attended 1910 Concert Munich 12-09-1910 – Symphony No. 8 (Premiere). Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. Born: 06-12-1882 Myjava, Slovakia (at that time Upper Hungary). Died: 07-10-1927 Bissone, […]
Julius Buths (1851-1920)
Julius Buths (1851-1920) Profession: Conductor, composer, director conservatory Dusseldorf. Residences: Dusseldorf, Cologne, Berlin, Paris. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 00-00-0000, Year Born: 07-05-1851 Wiesbaden, Germany. Died: 12-03-1920 Dusseldorf, Germany. Aged 68. Buried: Unknown. Julius Buths was a German pianist, conductor and minor composer. He was particularly notable in his early championing of the […]
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924). Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and piano teacher. Ferruccio Busoni was born in the Tuscan town of Empoli, Italy, the only child of two professional musicians. His father, Ferdinando, was a clarinetist. His mother, Anna, was a pianist from Trieste. They were often touring during […]
Karl Burrian (1870-1924)
Karl Burrian (1870-1924). Profession: Tenor. Residences: Brno, Paris, New York. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 12-01-1870 Rousínov (Rakovník), Czech Republic. Died: 25-09-1924 Senomaty (Prague), Czech Republic. Aged 54. Buried: Unknown. 1908 Opera New York 27-02-1908. 1908 Opera New York 04-03-1908. 1908 Opera New York 07-03-1908. 1908 Opera New York 20-03-1908. 1908 […]