Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936)
Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936) in 1899. Profession: Alto. Residences: Dresden, Hamburg, Bayreuth, Chicago, New York City. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 15-06-1861 Prague, Czech Republic. Died: 17-11-1936 Hollywood, California, America. Buried: 00-00-0000 Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, America. 1891 Concert Hamburg 27-05-1891 (piano). 1892 Concert Hamburg 29-02-1892. 1892 Concert Hamburg 03-03-1892. 1892 Concert Hamburg 15-04-1892. 1892 […]
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) in 1825. Watercolor by Wilhelm August Rieder. Profession: Composer. Residences: Austria. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 31-01-1797 Himmelpfortgrund (now a part of Alsergrund), Vienna, Austria. Died: 19-11-1828 Vienna, Austria. Buried: After his death, Schubert was buried next to Beethoven in what is today called “Schubert Park”, just down Währingerstrasse from the Volksoper, […]
Josef Schrammel (1852-1895)
Josef Schrammel (1852-1895). Profession: Composer. Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 03-03-1852 Ottakring, Vienna, Austria. Died: 24-11-1895 Hernals, Vienna, Austria. Buried: Hernals cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave 1-31. Josef Schrammel and his older brother Johann Schrammel (1850-1893) were both highly talented musicians. Their father encouraged the obvious signs from a young age, with both of […]
Johann Schrammel (1850-1893)
Johann Schrammel (1850-1893). Profession: Composer. Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 22-05-1850 Neulerchenfeld, Vienna Died: 17-06-1893 Hernals, Vienna Buried: Hernals cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave K-205. Johann Schrammel and his younger brother Josef Schrammel (1852-1895) were both highly talented musicians. Their father encouraged the obvious signs from a young age, with both of them […]
Schott music publishers
Also: Bernhard Schott, Schott Musik International, Scott Music, Bernhard Scott and Sons, Scott & Sons, Fa. Scott, Edition Schott, B. Schott & Sohne Music publishers. Bernhard Schott (1748-1809). Bernard Schott (1748-1809). Profession: Publisher of music, Founder Schott Music, “Bernhard Schott and Sons”. Residences: Mainz. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 10-08-1748 Eltville, Mainz, Germany. […]
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860). Profession: Philosopher. Residences: Berlin, Frankfurt. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 22-02-1788 Danzig, Gdansk, Poland. Died: 21-09-1860 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Buried: 00-00-0000 Frankfurt am Main, Central cemetery, Germany. Grave A24. Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher best known for his book, The World as Will and Representation (German: Die Welt […]
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951). More Arnold Franz Walter was an Austrian composer and painter, associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School. With the rise of the Nazi Party, by 1938 Schoenberg’s works were labelled as degenerate music because he was Jewish (Anon. 1997-2013); he moved to […]
Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931)
Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931), approx. 1878. Arthur Schnitzler was an Austrian author and dramatist. Arthur Schnitzler, son of a prominent Hungarian laryngologist Johann Schnitzler (1835–1893) and Luise Markbreiter (1838–1911) a daughter of the Viennese doctor Philipp Markbreiter, was born at Praterstrasse 16, Leopoldstadt, Vienna, capital of the Austrian Empire (as of 1867, part of the dual monarchy […]
Hans Johann Schnellar (1865-1945)
Hans Johann Schnellar (1865-1945). In 1894, he was employed by conductor Hans Richter (1843-1916), the legendary conductor of the premiere of Richard Wagner’s “Ring des Nibelungen” in Bayreuth, at the Royal Vienna Opera and was the timpanist in the opera orchestra as well as at the Vienna Philharmonic until 1932, and taught at the Conservatory […]
Erik Schmedes (1868-1931)
Erik Schmedes (1868-1931) Profession: Tenor. Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 27-08-1868 Gentofte, Denmark. Died: 21-03-1931 Vienna, Austria. Buried: Gentofte church cemetery, Gentofte, Denmark. 1902 Concert Vienna 20-01-1902 – Symphony No. 4, Das klagende Lied. 1905 Concert Graz 01-06-1905 – Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Kindertotenlieder, Ruckert-Lieder. Erik Anton Julius Schmedes was an operatic tenor, […]