Critic – Mahler Foundation https://mahlerfoundation.org Fri, 13 Jan 2023 21:59:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://mahlerfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-Logo-MahlerFoundation-1-32x32.png Critic – Mahler Foundation https://mahlerfoundation.org 32 32 161148645 Max Puttmann (1863-1935) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/max-puttmann/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=max-puttmann Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:03:50 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/max-puttmann-1863-19xx/ No photo.

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Gustav Schonaich (1840-1906) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/gustav-schonaich/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gustav-schonaich Sun, 23 Feb 2020 11:24:42 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/gustav-schonaich-1840-1900/ Gustav Schonaich (1840-1906)

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Theodor Helm (1843-1920) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/theodor-helm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=theodor-helm Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:57:14 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/theodor-helm-1843-1920/ Year 1910Theodor Helm (1843-1920) and his daughter Mathilda.

  • Profession: Music critic at the Musikalisches Wochenblatt and the Deutsche Zeitung, writer, lawyer
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 09-04-1843 Vienna
  • Died: 25-12-1920 Vienna. 3 Rochusgasse 10. Aged 77.
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Year 1910Theodor Helm (1843-1920) and his daughter Mathilda.

  • Profession: Music critic at the Musikalisches Wochenblatt and the Deutsche Zeitung, writer, lawyer
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 09-04-1843 Vienna
  • Died: 25-12-1920 Vienna. 3 Rochusgasse 10. Aged 77.
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Karl Kraus (1874-1936) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/karl-kraus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=karl-kraus Tue, 30 Jul 2019 16:01:42 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/karl-kraus-1874-1936/ Karl Kraus (1874-1936).

  • Profession: Critic
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 28-04-1874 Ji?ín
  • Died: 12-06-1936 Vienna (Aged 62)
  • Buried: 15-06-1936 Central cemetery, Vienna. Grave 5A-1-33.

Karl Kraus wrote about:

  • Modern writers (Year 1897)
  • Gustav Mahler
  • Gustav
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Karl Kraus (1874-1936).

  • Profession: Critic
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 28-04-1874 Ji?ín
  • Died: 12-06-1936 Vienna (Aged 62)
  • Buried: 15-06-1936 Central cemetery, Vienna. Grave 5A-1-33.

Karl Kraus wrote about:

  • Modern writers (Year 1897)
  • Gustav Mahler
  • Gustav
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Paul Stauber (1876-1918) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/paul-stauber/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=paul-stauber Fri, 30 Mar 2018 15:24:06 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/paul-stauber/ Photo.

  • Profession: Bank clerk, part time music critic of the Illustrirtes Wiener Extrablatt and the Vienna Montagspresse. 
  • Relation to Mahler: most pugnacious opponent. Vassal of Robert Hirschfeld (1858-1914).
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 31-07-1876 Vienna
  • Died: 17-07-1918 Vienna. Aged 41
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  • Profession: Bank clerk, part time music critic of the Illustrirtes Wiener Extrablatt and the Vienna Montagspresse. 
  • Relation to Mahler: most pugnacious opponent. Vassal of Robert Hirschfeld (1858-1914).
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 31-07-1876 Vienna
  • Died: 17-07-1918 Vienna. Aged 41
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William Ritter (1867-1955) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/william-ritter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=william-ritter Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:45:21 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/ritter-william-1867-1955/ William Ritter (1867-1955).

  • Profession: Critic, novelist, painter.
  • Residences: Monruz (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Vienna, Munich (House Janko Cadra), Bisonne (House Janko Cadra), Melinde.
  • Relation to Mahler: Friend.
  • Correspondence with Mahler: Yes.
    1. 31-12-1901 Year 1901 Vienna: Letter to 
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William Ritter (1867-1955).

  • Profession: Critic, novelist, painter.
  • Residences: Monruz (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Vienna, Munich (House Janko Cadra), Bisonne (House Janko Cadra), Melinde.
  • Relation to Mahler: Friend.
  • Correspondence with Mahler: Yes.
    1. 31-12-1901 Year 1901 Vienna: Letter to 
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Josef Reitler (1883-1949) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/josef-reitler/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=josef-reitler Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:44:59 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/reitler-josef-1883-1949/ No photo.

Josef Reitler (1883-1949).

  • Profession: Critic, director Vienna Conservatory.
  • Residences: Vienna, Berlin, Paris.
  • Relation to Mahler:
  • Correspondence with Mahler: Yes.
    • 00-00-0000, Year 
  • Born: 25-12-1883 Vienna, Austria.
  • Died: 12-03-1948 New York, America.
  • Buried: Unknown.

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Josef Reitler (1883-1949).

  • Profession: Critic, director Vienna Conservatory.
  • Residences: Vienna, Berlin, Paris.
  • Relation to Mahler:
  • Correspondence with Mahler: Yes.
    • 00-00-0000, Year 
  • Born: 25-12-1883 Vienna, Austria.
  • Died: 12-03-1948 New York, America.
  • Buried: Unknown.

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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/gotthold-ephraim-lessing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gotthold-ephraim-lessing Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:35:23 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/lessing-gotthold-ephraim-1729-1781/ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781).

  • Profession: Poet, playwright, critic.
  • Residences: Leipzig, Berlin.
  • Relation to Mahler:
  • Correspondence with Mahler:
  • Born: 22-01-1729 Kamenz, Germany.
  • Died: 15-02-1781 Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany.
  • Buried: 00-00-0000 Braunschweig, Germany.

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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781).

  • Profession: Poet, playwright, critic.
  • Residences: Leipzig, Berlin.
  • Relation to Mahler:
  • Correspondence with Mahler:
  • Born: 22-01-1729 Kamenz, Germany.
  • Died: 15-02-1781 Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany.
  • Buried: 00-00-0000 Braunschweig, Germany.

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Edward Henry Krehbiel (1854-1923) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/edward-henry-krehbiel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=edward-henry-krehbiel Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:29:18 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/krehbiel-edward-henry-1854-1923/ Edward Henry Krehbiel (1854-1923).

  • Profession: Critic New York Times and New York Tribune, musicologist, writer.
  • Residences: New York City
  • Relation to Mahler:
  • Correspondence with Mahler:
  • Born: 10-03-1854 Ann Arbor, Michigan, America.
  • Died: 20-03-1923
  • Buried: 00-00-0000

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Edward Henry Krehbiel (1854-1923).

  • Profession: Critic New York Times and New York Tribune, musicologist, writer.
  • Residences: New York City
  • Relation to Mahler:
  • Correspondence with Mahler:
  • Born: 10-03-1854 Ann Arbor, Michigan, America.
  • Died: 20-03-1923
  • Buried: 00-00-0000

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Hermann Klein (1856-1934) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/hermann-klein/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hermann-klein Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:28:22 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/klein-herman-1856-1934/  

Hermann Klein (1856-1934)

  • Profession: Singing teacher, critic
  • Residences: London, New York City
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 11/23-07-1856 Norwich
  • Died: 10-03-1934 London
  • Buried:  

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Hermann Klein (1856-1934)

  • Profession: Singing teacher, critic
  • Residences: London, New York City
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 11/23-07-1856 Norwich
  • Died: 10-03-1934 London
  • Buried:  

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Rudolf Kastner (1879-1948) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/rudolf-kastner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rudolf-kastner Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:28:13 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/kastner-rudolf-1879-1948/ Rudolf Kastner (1879-1948).

  • Profession: Critic Berliner Morgenpost, Munchener Neueste Nachrichten (23-10-1904).
  • Residences: Berlin.
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: Yes.
    • 00-00-0000, Year 
  • Born: 02-05-1879 Vienna, Austria.
  • Died: 1948.
  • Buried: Unknown.

1904 exit Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Vienna.

 

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Rudolf Kastner (1879-1948).

  • Profession: Critic Berliner Morgenpost, Munchener Neueste Nachrichten (23-10-1904).
  • Residences: Berlin.
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: Yes.
    • 00-00-0000, Year 
  • Born: 02-05-1879 Vienna, Austria.
  • Died: 1948.
  • Buried: Unknown.

1904 exit Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Vienna.

 

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Ludwig Karpath (1866-1936) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/ludwig-karpath/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ludwig-karpath Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:28:03 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/karpath-ludwig-1866-1936/  

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Max Kalbeck (1850-1921) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/max-kalbeck/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=max-kalbeck Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:27:52 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/kalbeck-max-1850-1921/  

Max Kalbeck (1850-1921).

  • Profession: Writer, critic Neues Wiener Tagblatt, biographer of Johannes Brahms.
  • Residences: Munich, Vienna.
  • Relation to Mahler: Friend of Brahms.
  • Correspondence with Mahler: Yes.
    • 00-00-0000, Year 
  • Born: 04-01-1850 Breslau, Poland.
  • Died: 04-05-1921 Vienna, Germany.
  • Buried: Heiligenstadt cemetery,
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Max Kalbeck (1850-1921).

  • Profession: Writer, critic Neues Wiener Tagblatt, biographer of Johannes Brahms.
  • Residences: Munich, Vienna.
  • Relation to Mahler: Friend of Brahms.
  • Correspondence with Mahler: Yes.
    • 00-00-0000, Year 
  • Born: 04-01-1850 Breslau, Poland.
  • Died: 04-05-1921 Vienna, Germany.
  • Buried: Heiligenstadt cemetery,
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Robert Hirschfeld (1858-1914) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/robert-hirschfeld/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=robert-hirschfeld Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:26:04 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/hirschfeld-robert-1867-1914/ No photo.

Robert Hirschfeld (1858-1914).

  • Profession: Critic Wiener Abendpost, musicologist
  • Residences: Vienna, Salzburg.
  • Relation to Mahler: Opponent. Reviews 1909, 1910.
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 17-09-1857 Velke Mezirici, (Grossmeseritsch), Czech Republic.
  • Died: 02-04-1914 Salzburg, Austria.
  • Buried: Unknown.

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Robert Hirschfeld (1858-1914).

  • Profession: Critic Wiener Abendpost, musicologist
  • Residences: Vienna, Salzburg.
  • Relation to Mahler: Opponent. Reviews 1909, 1910.
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 17-09-1857 Velke Mezirici, (Grossmeseritsch), Czech Republic.
  • Died: 02-04-1914 Salzburg, Austria.
  • Buried: Unknown.

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William James Henderson (1855-1937) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/william-james-henderson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=william-james-henderson Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:25:16 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/henderson-william-j-1855-1937/ No photo. 

William James Henderson (1855-1937).

  • Profession: Writer, Critic New York Sun.
  • Residences: New York City
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 04-12-1855 Newark, America.
  • Died: 05-06-1937 New York, America. Aged 81. Suicide.
  • Buried: Unknown.

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William James Henderson (1855-1937).

  • Profession: Writer, Critic New York Sun.
  • Residences: New York City
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 04-12-1855 Newark, America.
  • Died: 05-06-1937 New York, America. Aged 81. Suicide.
  • Buried: Unknown.

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Eduard Hanslick (1825-1904) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/eduard-hanslick/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eduard-hanslick Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:24:19 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/hanslick-eduard-1825-1904/  

Eduard Hanslick (1825-1904)

  • Profession: Critic Neue Freie Presse, professor University of Vienna.
  • Residences: Vienna.
  • Relation to Mahler: Influential critic, pro Brahms, anti Wagner and Bruckner.
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 11-09-1825 Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Died: 06-08-1904 Baden, Austria. Aged 78.
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Eduard Hanslick (1825-1904)

  • Profession: Critic Neue Freie Presse, professor University of Vienna.
  • Residences: Vienna.
  • Relation to Mahler: Influential critic, pro Brahms, anti Wagner and Bruckner.
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 11-09-1825 Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Died: 06-08-1904 Baden, Austria. Aged 78.
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Max Graf (1873-1958) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/max-graf/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=max-graf Tue, 06 Jan 2015 19:13:48 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/graf-max-1873-1958/  

Max Graf (1873-1958).

  • Profession: Critic, musicologist.
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Residences: Vienna, New York.
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 01-10-1873 Vienna, Austria.
  • Died: 24-06-1958 Vienna, Austria.
  • Buried: Unknown.

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Max Graf (1873-1958).

  • Profession: Critic, musicologist.
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Residences: Vienna, New York.
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 01-10-1873 Vienna, Austria.
  • Died: 24-06-1958 Vienna, Austria.
  • Buried: Unknown.

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Henry Theophilus Finck (1854-1926) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/henry-theophilus-finck/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=henry-theophilus-finck Tue, 06 Jan 2015 19:10:24 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/finck-henry-t-1854-1926/ Henry Theophilus Finck (1854-1926).

  • Profession: Writer, Critic Evening Post.
  • Residences: New York City, Berlin, Heidelberg, Vienna.
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 22-09-1854, Bethel, Maine, America.
  • Died: 01-10-1926
  • Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Bethel, Maine, America. Grave Avenue 3 new
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Henry Theophilus Finck (1854-1926).

  • Profession: Writer, Critic Evening Post.
  • Residences: New York City, Berlin, Heidelberg, Vienna.
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: 
  • Born: 22-09-1854, Bethel, Maine, America.
  • Died: 01-10-1926
  • Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Bethel, Maine, America. Grave Avenue 3 new
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Oscar Bie (1864-1938) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/oscar-bie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oscar-bie Tue, 06 Jan 2015 19:02:39 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/bie-oskar-1864-1938/ Oscar Bie (1864-1938).

  • Profession: Art historian, publicist, critic.
  • Residences: Breslau, Leipzig, Berlin.
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: Yes.
    • 00-00-0000, Year 
  • Born: 09-02-1864 Breslau (Wroclaw), Poland.
  • Died: 21-04-1938 Berlin, Germany.
  • Buried: Unknown.

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Oscar Bie (1864-1938).

  • Profession: Art historian, publicist, critic.
  • Residences: Breslau, Leipzig, Berlin.
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: Yes.
    • 00-00-0000, Year 
  • Born: 09-02-1864 Breslau (Wroclaw), Poland.
  • Died: 21-04-1938 Berlin, Germany.
  • Buried: Unknown.

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Richard Batka (1868-1922) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/richard-batka/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=richard-batka Tue, 06 Jan 2015 19:01:19 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/batka-richard-1868-1922/ No photo.

Richard Batka (1868-1922).

  • Profession: Critic, musicologist, librettist, critic.
  • Residences: Vienna, Prague.
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: Yes.
    • 00-00-0000, Year 
  • Born: 14-12-1868 Prague, czech Republic.
  • Died: 24-04-1922 Vienna, Austria.
  • Buried:  

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Richard Batka (1868-1922).

  • Profession: Critic, musicologist, librettist, critic.
  • Residences: Vienna, Prague.
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: Yes.
    • 00-00-0000, Year 
  • Born: 14-12-1868 Prague, czech Republic.
  • Died: 24-04-1922 Vienna, Austria.
  • Buried:  

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David Josef Bach (1874-1947) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/david-josef-bach/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=david-josef-bach Tue, 06 Jan 2015 19:00:36 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/bach-david-josef-1874-1947/ David Josef Bach (1874-1947).

  • Profession: Critic Arbeider Zeitung.
  • Residences: Vienna.
  • Relation to Mahler: Admirer of Mahler.
  • Correspondence with Mahler: No.
  • Born: 13-08-1874 Lemberg, now Lviv, Ukraine.
  • Died: 30-01-1947 London, England.
  • Buried: 00-00-0000

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David Josef Bach (1874-1947).

  • Profession: Critic Arbeider Zeitung.
  • Residences: Vienna.
  • Relation to Mahler: Admirer of Mahler.
  • Correspondence with Mahler: No.
  • Born: 13-08-1874 Lemberg, now Lviv, Ukraine.
  • Died: 30-01-1947 London, England.
  • Buried: 00-00-0000

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Richard Aldrich (1863-1937) https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/richard-aldrich/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=richard-aldrich Tue, 06 Jan 2015 19:00:07 +0000 http://mahlerfoundation.info/aldrich-richard-1863-1937/ Richard Aldrich (1863-1937).

  • Profession: Critic, journalist.
  • Residences: Providence, Rome.
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: No.
  • Born: 31-07-1863 Providence, Rhode Island, America.
  • Died: 02-06-1937 Rome, Italy. Aged 73. Brain hemorrhage.
  • Buried: Trinity church cemetery, New York, Manhattan, America.

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Richard Aldrich (1863-1937).

  • Profession: Critic, journalist.
  • Residences: Providence, Rome.
  • Relation to Mahler: 
  • Correspondence with Mahler: No.
  • Born: 31-07-1863 Providence, Rhode Island, America.
  • Died: 02-06-1937 Rome, Italy. Aged 73. Brain hemorrhage.
  • Buried: Trinity church cemetery, New York, Manhattan, America.

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