Charles Stanford (1852-1924)
Charles Stanford (1852-1924). Caricature of Stanford by Spy, Vanity Fair (1905). Profession: Conductor, composer. Residences: Dublin, Leipzig, Berlin, London. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 30-09-1852 Dublin, Ireland. Died: 29-03-1924 London, England. Buried: 02-04-1924 He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium on 02-04-1924 and his ashes were buried in Westminster Abbey the following day […]
Max Staegemann (1843-1905)
Max Staegemann (1843-1905). Profession: Tenor, actor, intendant, Director Neues Theater Leipzig. Ritter, kammersanger. Residences: Berlin, Dresden, Hannover, Leipzig Father: Der Ehemann von Mathilde Leontine Devrient und Vater von Max und Egon Staegemann wird namentlich nicht erwähnt. Mother: Mathilde Leontine Devrient. Born: 28-06-1809 Berlin, Died 25-10-1884 Leipzig. War die für ihre Schönheit berühmte Schwester der Schauspieler Karl, […]
Theodore Spiering (1871-1925)
Theodore Spiering (1871-1925). Profession: Violinist, concertmaster New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO/NPO), conductor. Residences: Berlin, New York. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 00-00-0000, Year Born: 05-09-1871 Old North, St Louis, Missouri, America. Died: 11-08-1925 Munich, Germany. Buried: Bellefontaine cemetery, St Louis, Missouri, America. 1909 Concert New York 10-11-1909. 1910 Concert Providence 25-02-1910. 1910 Concert New […]
Nina Spiegler (Lipiner-Hoffmann) (1855-1937)
No photo. Nina Spiegler (Lipiner-Hoffmann) (1855-1937). Profession: Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Pernerstorfer Circle (member). Albert Spiegler (1856-1940) and Nina Spiegler (Lipiner-Hoffmann) (1855-1937) were the ‘inner circle’ of Gustav Mahler in Vienna, friend. Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 00-00-0000, Year. Postcard. 14-07-1899, Year 1899. Born: 13-05-1855 Vienna, Austria. Died: 15-05-1937 Vienna, Austria. Aged 82. Buried: Unknown. Born: Nina Anna Hoffmann. […]
Albert Spiegler (1856-1940)
No photo. Albert Spiegler (1856-1940). Profession: Doctor of Medicine. Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Close friend, Pernerstorfer Circle (member). Correspondence with Mahler: 03-04-1896 Hamburg: Letter from Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858-1921) and Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in Hamburg (1895-1897 House Gustav Mahler Hamburg – Bismarckstrasse No. 18 or No. 86) to Albert Spiegler (1856-1940) in Vienna. Born: 05-04-1856 Vienna, Austria. Sister: Josephine Braun-Spiegler (1863-?). Wife of the […]
Richard Specht (1870-1932)
Richard Specht (1870-1932). Profession: Writer, musicologist, first biographer Gustav Mahler (1905). Published the first large biography 1913 in Berlin.. Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Biographer Gustav Mahler. Gustav Mahler Festival Amsterdam 1920. Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 00-00-0000, Year Born: 07-12-1870 13 Gonzagagasse, I Vienna, Austria. Address 1902: IX, Kolingasse 19, Vienna, Austria. Died: 18-03-1932 Low sanatorium, IX […]
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884). In 1835 Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) was pupil at the School German Gymnasium (Hluboka street Nos. 1/109, Nonnengaschen 608) as Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) was in the period 1869-1877. Bed?ich Smetana was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style which became closely identified with his country’s aspirations to independent statehood. He is thus widely regarded […]
Leo Slezak (1873-1946)
Leo Slezak (1873-1946). Profession: Tenor, actor. Residences: Vienna, Berlin, New York. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 30-08-1903 Year 1903 Maiernigg: Letter to Leo Slezak (1873-1946). 00-08-1903 Year 1903 Vienna: Letter to Leo Slezak (1873-1946). Late summer. 00-08-1908 Year 1908 Toblach: Letter to Leo Slezak (1873-1946). Summer. Born: 18-08-1873 Sumperk, Czech Republic. Died: 01-06-1946 Miesbach, Germany. Buried: Rottach-Egern cemetery, Miesbach, Germany. […]
Ludwig Slansky (1833-1905)
No photo. Ludwig Slansky (1833-1905). Profession: Violinist, conductor, composer. Residences: Prague. Relation to Mahler: Fellow-conductor in Prague. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 26-06-1838 Haida (Nový Bor), Czech Republic. Died: 15-08-1905 Prague, Czech Republic. Buried: Unknown. At his birth home in the Kalinova ulice No. 109 there is a memorial plaque. Ludvík Slánský (1838-1905), a talented musician from a […]
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). Dmitrij Dmitrievič Šostakovič (Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich), was a Russian composer and pianist, and a prominent figure of 20th-century music. Shostakovich achieved fame in the Soviet Union under the patronage of Soviet chief of staff Mikhail Tukhachevsky, but later had a complex and difficult relationship with the government. Nevertheless, he received accolades and state […]