Green-Wood cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as a rural cemetery in Kings County, New York. Located in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn, the cemetery lies several blocks southwest of Prospect Park, between Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park. Mary R. Seney Sheldon (1863-1913) Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990). Bernstein is buried next to his wife […]
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990). Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the US to receive worldwide acclaim. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was “one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history.” His fame derived from […]
Recollections
1923 – Erinnerungen an Gustav Mahler by Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858-1921). In Médiathèque Musicale Mahler. Fragment (Audio, German, duration 01:55): Anna Justine Mahler (Gucki) (1904-1988) about her mother Alma Mahler (1879-1964). Fragment (Audio, German, duration 02:51): Anna Justine Mahler (Gucki) (1904-1988), Milan Dubrovic (1903-1994), Gina Kaus (1893-1985), Walter Gropius (1883-1969), Ernst Krenek (1900-1991), Marietta Torberg (see Friedrich Torberg (1908-1979)) and Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) about Alma Mahler (1879-1964). Fragment (Audio, […]