Charles Ernest Henri Boissevain (1868-1940)
Year 1905. Charles Ernest Henri Boissevain (1868-1940) in Karlsbad (08-1905). Also: Dr. Ch. E. H. Boissevain. Profession: Director NV Ammonia Factory v/h Van der Elst and Matthes, Driemond, east of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Residences: Amsterdam, Paris, Blaricum. Relation to Mahler: Member of the board Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Friend of Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951). Correspondence with Mahler: No. Father: Charles […]
Adolf Michael Boehm (1861-1927)
Adolf Michael Boehm (1861-1927). Profession: Painter. Secession (member). Residences: Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 25-02-1861, Vienna, Austria. Died: 20-02-1927, Klosterneuburg, near Vienna, Austria. Buried: 00-00-0000 Adolf Michael Boehm (Bohm) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist. Boehm studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession, sitting […]
Arthur Bodanzky (1877-1939)
Arthur Bodanzky (1877-1939). Profession: Conductor, violinist. Residences: Vienna, Berlin, Prague, Mannheim, New York City (after Mahler’s death). Relation to Mahler: Assistent in Vienna. Correspondence with Mahler: No. Born: 16-12-1877, Vienna, Austria. Died: 23-11-1939, New York, Austria. Buried: 00-00-0000 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, America. Artur Bodanzky (also written as Artur Bodzansky) was an […]
Carl Viktor Blumenthal (1868-1947)
Carl Viktor Blumenthal (1868-1947). Profession: Doctor of Medicine. General practitioner. Residences: Maiernigg. Relation to Mahler: Year 1907, Health. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 1868. Died: 1947. Buried: Unknown. Med. Rat Dr. Carl Blumenthal. Viktring, Karnten, Tel. Klagenfurt 337. In 1907, Mahler’s world dramatically changed when he witnessed the death of his young daughter just five days after his […]
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Georges Bizet (1838-1875). Profession: Composer. Residences: Paris, Rome. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 25-10-1838 Paris, France. Died: 03-06-1875 Paris, France. Buried: 05-06-1875 Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris, France. Georges Bizet registered at birth as Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer of the romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career […]
Theodor Billroth (1829-1894)
Theodor Billroth (1829-1894). Copyright: Bert and Judith van der Waal van Dijk (cbjvdwvd). Christian Albert Theodor Billroth was a Prussian-born Austrian surgeon and amateur musician. As a surgeon, he is generally regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery. As a musician, he was a close friend and confidant of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), a leading patron […]
Oscar Bie (1864-1938)
Oscar Bie (1864-1938). Profession: Art historian, publicist, critic. Residences: Breslau, Leipzig, Berlin. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 00-00-0000, Year Born: 09-02-1864 Breslau (Wroclaw), Poland. Died: 21-04-1938 Berlin, Germany. Buried: Unknown. Oscar (Oskar) Bie was a German art historian and publicist. Born in Breslau, Bie studied philosophy, art and music history at the universities of […]
Josef Freiherr von Bezecny (1829-1904)
Josef Freiherr von Bezecny (1829-1904). Profession: Intendant, Royal Court Councilor. Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 05-02-1829, Tabor, Czech Republic. Died: 17-06-1904, Vienna, Austria. Buried: Hietzing cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave 04-80. After studying at the University of Vienna (Dr. jur.) he went in 1858 to the Exchange Chamber and in 1870 to the […]
Hans Bethge (1876-1946)
Hans Bethge (1876-1946). Hans Bethge was a German poet whose reputation abroad rests above all on the versions of Tang dynasty poetry set in Gustav Mahler‘s “Das Lied von der Erde”. The Max-Eyth-Haus in Kirchheim unter Teck houses a permanent exhibit of Hans Bethge’s books, photographs and other artifacts, while his manuscripts are preserved at […]
Heinrich Berte (1858-1924)
Heinrich Berte (1858-1924). Profession: Composer. Residences: Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: No. Born: 08-05-1858 Galgócz, Hungary now Hlohovec, Slovakia. Died: 23-08-1924 Perchtoldsdorf, Austria. Aged 67. Buried: 26-08-1924 Central cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave 59A-6-16. Heinrich Berte, born Heinrich Bettelheim was an Austria-Hungarian composer of operas and operettas. Heinrich Berté, at the beginning of his career, was a […]