Ludwig Rottenberg (1864-1932)

Ludwig Rottenberg (1864-1932). Profession: Conductor, composer Residences: Vienna, Brno Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 11-10-1875 Czernowitz, Ukraine Died: 06-05-1932 Frankfurt, Germany. Aged 57. Buried: 00-00-0000 Main cemetery, Frankfurt, Germany Mentioned in diary Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858-1921). Ludwig Rottenberg was an Austrian/German composer and conductor. Rottenberg came from a German-speaking Jewish family in Czernowitz, the then-capital […]

Viktor Ernst Nessler (1841-1890)

Viktor Ernst Nessler (1841-1890). Profession: Composer Residences: Leipzig Relation to Mahler: Composer of Der Trompeter von Säkkingen. See also premiere Gustav Mahler: 1884 Concert Kassel 23-06-1884 – Der Trompeter von Sackingen (Premiere). Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 28-01-1841 Baldenheim (near Sélestat), Germany Died: 28-05-1890 Strasbourg, Germany. Aged 49. Buried: 00-00-0000 St. Gallen cemetery, Strasbourg, Germany Also: Victor […]

Fanny Moran-Olden (1848-1929)

Fanny Moran-Olden (1848-1929). Profession: Soprano. Residences: Dresden, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Berlin, New York Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 28-09-1855 Cloppenburg, Germany Died: 12/13-02-1905 Berlin, Germany. Aged 50. Buried: 00-00-0000 Mentioned in diary Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858-1921). Fanny Moran-Olden was a German opera singer. She was born in Cloppenburg in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg as the […]

Carl Lowe (1796-1869)

Carl Lowe (1796-1869). Profession: Composer, conductor, tenor Residences: Halle Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 30-11-1796 Löbejün, Germany Died: 20-04-1869 Kiel, Germany Buried: 00-00-0000 Szczecin, Cathedral’s, Poland Also: Loewe, Karl Mentioned in diary Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858-1921). Johann Carl Gottfried Lowe was a German composer, tenor singer and conductor. In his lifetime, his songs (Lieder) were […]

Hermann Kretzschmar (1848-1924)

Hermann Kretzschmar (1848-1924) (1912). Profession: Musicologist, writer Residences: Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 19-01-1848 Olbernhau, Saxony, Germany Died: 10-05-1924 Schlachtensee, Berlin, Germany. Aged 76. Buried: 00-00-0000 Evangelic Nicholassee cemetery, Berlin, Germany Also: Kretschmar Mentioned in diary Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858-1921). August Ferdinand Hermann Kretzschmar was a German musicologist and writer, and is considered […]

Thomas Koschat (1845-1914)

Thomas Koschat (1845-1914). Profession: Composer, conductor, bass Residences: Vienna, Klagenfurt Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 08-08-1845 Klagenfurt, Austria Died: 19-05-1914 Vienna, Austria. Aged 68. Buried: 00-00-0000 Annabichl (near Klagenfurt), Austria Mentioned in diary Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858-1921). Thomas Koschat was an Austrian composer and bass singer. He popularized Carinthian folk music across Europe and the […]