Relation to Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): A half sister of his wife.

• Born: 09-08-1899 Vienna, Austria. (Marie Moll)
• Father: Carl Julius Rudolf Moll (1861-1945).
• Mother: Anna Sofie Moll-Schindler-Bergen (1857-1938)

• Profession: Painter, professor.
• Residences: Vienna.
• Relation to Mahler: Julius Victor Berger (1850-1902) and Anna Sofie Moll-Schindler-Bergen (1857-1938) are possibly the parents of Margarethe (Grete) Julie Schindler (1881-1942).
• Correspondence

• Profession: Publisher
• Residences:
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 31-08-1902 Berlin
• Died: 20-12-1944 Bergen-Belsen
• Buried: 00-00-0000

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• Profession: Dr, Polyhistor (From Latin polyhistōr (“very learned”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πολυΐστωρ (poluḯstōr, “greatly learned”)).
• Residences: Oed (near Waldegg, south west of Vienna), Budapest, Vienna
• Relation to Mahler: Friend
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Correspondence about Ebner:
  • 29-06-1890

• Profession: Conductor, composer, pedagogue
• Residences: Since 1883 teacher Composition at the Music Academy in Budapest.
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 01-01-1853 Waldeck, Fichtel Mountains
• Address: Unknown, Budapest
• Died: 23-05-1926 Ansbach (Aged 73)
• Buried: 00-00-0000

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Sigmund Singer (1850-1913)

• Profession: Budapest correspondent for Neue Freie Presse and later chief editor of the Pester Lloyd, journalist, lawyer, publicist and politician.
• Residences: Budapest
• Relation to Mahler: Friend
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 22-10-1850 (1851) Papa, Hungary
• Address:

Gustav Singer (1867-1944)

• Profession: Internist, Specialist in intestinal troubles at the Wiener Allgemeines Krankenhaus
• Residences: Brno, London
• Relation to Mahler: Treated Gustav Mahler, Mahlers physician. Year 1901
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 28-02-1867 Brno
• Died: 03-12-1944 London
• Buried: 00-00-0000

• Profession: Politician Hungary
• Residences: Budapest
• Relation to Mahler: Mahler was invited by Graf Gyula. He wrote to Justine (Ernestine) Rose-Mahler (1868-1938): “Eine sehr hohe Ehre fur ein Operddirektor!”. Year 1890.
• Correspondence with

• Profession: Violinist, composer, pedagogue
• Residences: Berlin, New York
• Relation to Mahler: Had previously been concert master in New York, auditioned for Mahler but was not hired.
• Correspondence with Mahler: Yes
  • 09-10-1900 Vienna: Letter to 

• Profession: Soprano, Budapest Opera House, New York Metropolitan Opera (MET)
• Residences: Budapest
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: Yes
  • 09-10-1888 Budapest: Letter to Marie Kramer-Wiedl (1860-1926) asking her to audition for tenor Richard Pauoli in Budapest

• Profession: Spiritualist physical medium
• Residences: Poland, England, France, New York
• Relation to Mahler: After a dinner at his house in 1909 Otto Hermann Kahn (1867-1934) ordered two cars to visit a seance led by 

• Profession: Music Publisher at Schirmer music publishers. Board of directors Walter Johannes Damrosch (1862-1950) and trustee of the Institute of Musical Art and a director of the Oratorio Society and the New York Symphony Society.

• Profession: American painter, designer, decorator, craftsman and philanthropist. He was a great and early force in the Art Nouveau momement. Shy. Spoke to no one.
• Residences: 
• Relation to Mahler: Board of Directors of the New

Emil Zöphel.

• Profession: Mahlers copyist during his tenure at the Vienna State Opera. Member of the Staff.
• Residences: Vienna
• Relation to Mahler: Mahlers copyist
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 00-00-0000 
• Died: 00-00-0000 
• Buried: 00-00-0000

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Max Puttmann (1863-1935)

• Profession: Critic, worked for Kahnt music publishers (until his death), 
• Residences: Leipzig
• Relation to Mahler: Mahlers copyist, orchestrated Lied Ruckert 5: Liebst du um Schoenheit
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 00-00-1863 
• Died: 00-00-1935 
• Buried: 00-00-0000

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Karl Kornfeld

• Profession: Copyist Universal Edition (UE) music publishers
• Residences: 
• Relation to Mahler: Copyist Mahler
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 00-00-0000 
• Died: 00-00-0000 
• Buried: 00-00-0000

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• Profession: Intendant, journalist
• Residences: 
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 04-09-1845 Cologne
• Married: 1875 Louise Wolff (1855-1935). Daughter: Edith Wolff born in 1880. Son: Werner Wolff (conductor)
• Died: 03-02-1902 Berlin
• Buried: 00-00-0000

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• Profession: Choir conductor, pedagogue, conductor, composer. Artistic secretary of the Vienna State Opera
• Relation to Mahler: Loyal to Mahler
• Correspondence with Mahler: Mentioned indirect in a letter to Rosa Papier of 25-06-1897?
• Born: 30-10-1849 Klein-Hermsdorf/Österreichisch-Schlesien (Hermánky/CZ)
• Died:

• Profession: Actress, impresario
• Relation to Mahler: Mentioned by Natalie Bauer in her recollections. Left a diary, letters, and many personal memories.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 00-00-1855 Born Louise Schwarz
• Married: Hermann Wolff (1845-1902).
• Died: 25-06-1935 Berlin

Julius Winkler (1855-1938) 

• Profession: Violinist, violin arranger, writer, teacher
• Relation to Mahler: Fellow student Conservatory of Vienna
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 00-00-1855
• Died: 00-00-1938
• Buried: 00-00-0000 Aged 83

Also: Albert Julius Winkler.

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• Profession: Soprano
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 30-01-1833 Vienna
• Died: 24-09-1891 Vienna. Aged 58
• Buried: 00-00-0000 Zentral Friedhof, Vienna

Also: Marie Liebenthaler Wilt, Maria Vilda.

Mentioned by Natalie Bauer in her recollections.

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Otto Weidlich (1868-1931).

Also: Otto Weidik

• Profession: Gustav Mahlers copyist
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 00-00-0000
• Died: 00-00-0000
• Buried: 00-00-0000

Mentioned by Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858-1921) in her recollections (as Otto Weidik).

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Joseph Sulzer (1850-1926)

• Profession: Cellist, composer
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 11-02-1850 Vienna
• Died: 14-01-1926 Vienna. Aged 75.
• Buried: 17-01-1926 Old Jewish Cemetery, Central cemetery, Vienna. Grave ?

Also: Josef Sulzer.

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• Profession: Opera director, singer and composer. Teacher at Conservatory of Vienna.
• Residences: 
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 03-01-1853 Hermannstadt, Transylvania (Sibiu), Romania
• Died: 12-07-1918 Vienna, Austria. Aged 65.
• Buried: 14-07-1918 Central cemetery, Vienna,

Julius Spielmann (1866-1920)

• Profession: Tenor, intendant
• Residences: Amsterdam,​ Berlin,​ Böhmisch Leipa,​ Graz,​ Hamburg,​ München,​ Pilsen,​ Prag,​ Rumänien,​ Russland,​ St. Petersburg,​ Stettin,​ Teplitz,​ Vienna
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 21-07-1866 Prague, Czech Republic
• Died: 12-06-1920 Berlin,

Josephine Spiegler (1863-????)

• Profession: 
• Residences: Vienna, Budapest
• Relation to Mahler: Sister of Albert Spiegler (1856-1940) and Clementine Lipiner-Spiegler (1864-1926)
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 16-06-1863 Vienna
• Married: 01-04-1883 Heinrich Braun (1854-1927) Austrian politician. Social democrat. Heinrich Braun was a

Year 1884. Joseph Joachim (1831-1907). Aged 53.

• Profession: Violinist, conductor, composer, teacher.
• Residences: Vienna, Leipzig, London, Weimar.
• Relation to Mahler: Joseph Joachim was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, composer, and teacher. A close collaborator of Johannes

• Profession: Critic Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung 1897-1905
• Residences: 
• Relation to Mahler: Important link and intermediary between Mahler and the Wagner family. A fervent Wagnerian and close friend to Cosima Wagner (1837-1930) and Siegfried Wagner (1869-1930), and at

• Profession: Soprano
• Residences: San Francisco, Sydney, Melbourne, Paris, Vienna
• Relation to Mahler: She joined the Vienna State Opera in 1898 and performed with the company for five years until her deteriorating

• Profession: Baritone (bass), actor
• Residences: Salzburg, Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Vienna, London
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 03-10-1859 Drachenloch bei Grödig (Salzburg), Austria
• Died: 21-06-1911 Salzburg, Austria
• Buried: 00-00-0000

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Hans Riehl (1891-1965).

• Profession: Economist, sociologist, historian.
• Residences: 
• Relation to Mahler: Friend of Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858-1921) with whom she collaborated at a later age on an edition of her ‘Memories of Gustav Mahler’. This edition was not

• Profession: Bass
• Residences: 
• Relation to Mahler: Engaged by the Vienna State Opera between 06-1884 and 04-1904. Mentioned by Mahler in Vienna in a letter to his sister Justine at 11-09-1901.
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 07-08-1853 Graz

• Profession: Intendant Munich Hoftheater
• Residences: 
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 11-05-1841 Berlin
• Died: 08-04-1921 Berlin. Aged 79.
• Buried: 00-00-0000 Alter Südfriedhof München, Munich

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• Profession: Poet, doctor of Medicine
• Residences: Halle, Berlin
• Relation to Mahler: Lieder fur Singstimme (piano), 5 songs (1880-1887), Introduction Lieder fur Singstimme.
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 17-08-1830 Leipzig, Germany
• Died: 28-11-1889 Jena, Germany

Wilhelm Zinne (1858-1934).

• Profession: school teacher, opera critic Neue Hamburger Zeitung.
• Residences: Hamburg
• Relation to Mahler: Music and bicycle enthusiast.
• Address: Bundesstrasse No. 9/IV, Hamburg. Mahler lived across the street: 1892-1892 House Gustav Mahler Hamburg – Bundesstrasse

Emil Steinbach (1849-1919).

• Profession: Conductor, composer.
• Residences: Mannheim, Hamburg, Darmstadt, Mainz (1877-1909).
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: Yes
  1. 00-01-1904 Year 1904 Vienna: Letter to Emil Steinbach (1849-1919). 
  2. 00-02-1904 Year 1904 Vienna: Letter to Emil Steinbach

Ignaz Wild (1849-1909).

• Profession: Theater director, agent, intendant
• Residences: 
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: Letter from Gustav Mahler 01-01-1889 in Budapest
• Born: 00-00-1849 Třebíč, Třebíč District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic. Nathan Ignaz Yitzhak Wild (Stiassny), Natan,

• Profession: Composer, singer, music critic Berliner Tageblatt
• Residences: Hamburg
• Relation to Mahler: One of Mahler’s earliest admirers
• Correspondence with Mahler: Mentioned by Gustav Mahler in a letter to Annie Sommerfeld-Mincieux (1857-1937) (00-05-1896, Year 1896):

Annie Sommerfeld-Mincieux (1857-1937).

• Profession: Portret painter, author, journalist and pianist.
• Residences: Berlin
• Relation to Mahler: Painted portraits of Gustav Mahler, Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) and Cosima Wagner (1837-1930). According to old newspaper articles

• Profession: Conductor and composer.
• Relation to Mahler:
  • He obtained the Beethoven prize in Year 1878, the year Mahler submitted his overture Die Argonauten (01-08-1878).
  • 02-02-1906 Boston: Wilhelm Gericke (1845-1925) conducts Symphony No. 5

Sophie Bassermann.

• Profession: Hofrath, Hofrat in Vienna
• Relation to Mahler: Letter from Gustav Mahler
• Correspondence with Mahler: Yes
• Born: 00-00-0000
• Died: 00-00-0000
• Buried: 00-00-0000

02-01-1904 Letter by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) to Sophie Bassermann.

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• Profession: Biographer of Gustav Mahler, literary and musicologist who also worked as a journalist and publishing editor.
• Relation to Mahler: Researcher.
• Correspondence with Mahler: No.
• Born: 03-01-1924 Vienna.
• Died: 19-01-2005 Vienna. Cemetery: Friedhof

• Profession: Writer, humorist, entrepeneur, publisher, lecturer.
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler:
  • Vienna: 09-1897 Mark Twain was in Vienna for 20 months with his wife and his daughter Clara and Jean. 10-1897 he was feted

• Profession: Composer, pianist, conductor, pedagogue.
• Relation to Mahler: 19-05-1897 Mahler made a short trip to Dresden to attend an opera by Anton Ruckauf (1855-1903), Die Rosenthalerin. It never staged in Vienna. 19-02-1899 Signature Ruckauf at

• Profession: Violinist, concertmaster, composer, pedagogue.
• Relation to Mahler: From 1897 Gustav Mahler’s concertmaster at the Vienna State Opera and the Philharmonic in Vienna. 19-02-1899 Signature on menu card of Restaurant Meissl und Schaden.
• Correspondence

• 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).

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• 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

• 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).

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