Wilhelm Furtwangler (1886-1954)

Wilhelm Furtwangler (1886-1954) and Arnold Josef Rose (1863-1946). Profession: Conductor. Residences: Berlin, Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Arnold Josef Rose (1863-1946). Correspondence with Mahler: No. Born: 25-01-1886 Berlin, Germany Died: 30-11-1954 Baden-Baden, Germany Buried: Heidelberg, Bergfriedhof, Germany. When Arthur Nikisch (1855-1922) (principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra starting in 1895) died in 1922, 36-year old Wilhelm Furtwängler applied […]

Adrian Boult (1889-1983)

Adrian Boult (1889-1983) and Arnold Josef Rose (1863-1946). Profession: Conductor Residences: London Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 08-04-1889 Chester, England Married: 1933 Ann Rertired: 1981 Died: 22-02-1983 In a nursing home in Kent, England. Aged 93. Buried: When Boult died, there was no funeral as he had willed his body to science. But a memorial concert was […]

Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976)

Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976). Profession: Soprano. Residences: Berlin, Vienna, Santa Barbara Relation to Mahler: Contact with Arnold Josef Rose (1863-1946). Correspondence with Mahler: No. Born: 27-02-1888 Perleberg, Brandenburg, Berlin, Germany. Married: 1926 Otto Krause, who died in 1939. Died: 26-08-1976 Santa Barbara, California, America. Aged 88. Buried: Central cemetery, Vienna, Austria. Grave 32C-49. Her headstone is inscribed with a quote from […]