Johan Wagenaar (1862-1941)
Johan Wagenaar (1862-1941). Profession: Organist, composer. Residences: The Netherlands. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 01-11-1862 Utrecht, the Netherlands. Died: 15-06-1941 The Hague, the Netherlands. Buried: Cemetery Oud Eik en Duinen, The Hague, the Netherlands. Johan (Johannes) Wagenaar was a Dutch composer and organist. Born in Utrecht, out of wedlock, he was the son of Cypriaan Gerard Berger […]
Friedrich Fritz Waerndorfer (1868-1939)
Friedrich Fritz Waerndorfer (1868-1939). More Friedrich (Fritz) Waerndorfer was a successful mill owner, major patron and collector of art and design, and founder and financer of the Wiener Werkstätte. He was one of Mackintosh’s most important patrons, along with Miss Catherine (Kate) Cranston, William Davidson and W. J. Bassett-Lowke. Waerndorfer was born into a prosperous […]
Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)
Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881). Profession: Violinist, composer. Residences: Paris, Algeria. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 17-02-1820 Verviers, Belgium. Died: 06-06-1881 Mustapha, Algeria. Buried: Verviers, Belgium. Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the […]
Balthazar Huibrecht Verhagen (1881-1950)
Balthazar Huibrecht Verhagen (1881-1950). Profession: Poet, playwright. Residences: Relation to Mahler: Attended funeral Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 00-00-1881 Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Died: 29-09-1950 Pretoria, South Africa. Buried: 00-00-0000 Until 1939 he was the Director School of Drama, Marnixstraat 150, Amsterdam. Author of: Landstormlied (Waak op, Nederland, ken Uwe krachten) – Music by Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921). Lydische Nacht […]
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (1813-1901)
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (1813-1901). Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer primarily known for his operas. He is considered, with Richard Wagner, the preëminent opera composer of the 19th century. Verdi dominated the Italian opera scene after the eras of Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout […]
Henry van de Velde (1863-1957)
Henry van de Velde (1863-1957). Henry Clemens van de Velde was a Belgian painter, architect and interior designer. Together with Victor Horta and Paul Hankar he could be considered as one of the main founders and representatives of Art Nouveau in Belgium, van de Velde spent the most important part of his career in Germany […]
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). Ralph Vaughan Williams was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song; this collecting activity influenced both his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, in which he included many folk song arrangements as hymn tunes, […]
Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940)
Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940). Married to: Minnie Untermyer-Carl (1857-1924). Samuel Untermyer, also known as Samuel Untermeyer was an American lawyer and civic leader as well as a millionaire. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia but after the death of his father the rest of the family moved to New York, where he studied law. After admission to […]
Minnie Untermyer-Carl (1857-1924)
No photo. Minnie Untermyer-Carl (1857-1924) Profession: Residences: New York. Relation to Mahler: Friend, financier New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO/NPO). Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 09-06-1857 St Louis, Missouri, America. Married: 09-08-1880 Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940). Address: 675 5th Avenue, New York (Demolished) Died: 01-08-1924 Buried: Woodlawn cemetery, Bronx, New York, America. Minnie Carl. Daughter of a German-Protestant immigrant journalist, […]
Karl Ueberhorst (1823-1899)
No photo. Karl Ueberhorst (1823-1899) Profession: Baritone, producer, director, musicologist. Residences: Dresden. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 19-09-1823 Elsey, Germany. Died: 05-11-1899 Dresden, Germany. Buried: Unknown. Opera. Chemnitz Ballenstedt-Bärenburg (1846-1848) Rostock and Königsberg (1849-1852) Bremen (1853-1855) Wiesbaden (1855-1857) Detmold (1857-1860) Stettin Würzburg Düsseldorf and Kiel (1862-1864) Volkstheater München (1865) Thaliatheater […]