Category Archives: Contemporaries

  Benjamin Britten (1913-1976). Profession: Composer Residences: London, England. Relation to Mahler:  Correspondence with Mahler:  Born: 22-11-1913 Lowestoft, England. Died: ...

  Bernard Haitink (1929). Profession: Conductor, violinist. Residences: Amsterdam, Lucern, South of France, London. Relation to Mahler: One of the ...

Bernard Zweers (1854-1924). Profession: Composer. Residences: Amsterdam, Leipzig. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 18-05-1854 Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Died: 09-12-1924 Amsterdam, ...

Bernhard Pollini (1838-1897) Profession: Tenor, intendant, director Stadttheater Hamburg. Residences: Hamburg. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Mahler's Hamburg post was ...

Bernice de Pasquali (1873-1925). Profession: Soprano. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 07-12-1873 Hull, Plymouth County, ...

Berta Morena (1878-1952). Profession: Soprano. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 27-01--1878 Mannheim, Germany. Died: ...

Berta Zuckerkandl-Szeps (1864-1945). Profession: Writer, critic, journalist, salonniere (Palais Lieben-Auspitz, Vienna). Austrian publicist, with a well-visited salon, a central figure ...

Bertha Forster-Lauterer (1869-1936) Profession: Soprano. Residences: Hamburg, Vienna. Relation to Mahler:  Correspondence with Mahler:  Born: 11-01-1869 Prague, Czech Republic. Died: 09-04-1936 Prague, ...

Year 1890. Betty Frank (1866-1920). Profession: Soprano. Residences: Prague. Relation to Mahler: Love affair (Prague, 1885). Love life Gustav Mahler through the years ...

Betty Kofler (1874-1933). Profession: Mezzo-soprano. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 04-12-1874 Vienna, Austria. Died: ...

Bianca Bianchi (1855-1947). Profession: Soprano. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 27-01-1855 Heidelberg, Germany. Died: ...

1912. Bruno Walter (1876-1962). Profession: Pianist, conductor. Residences: Berlin, Vienna, Hamburg, New York, Beverly Hills. Relation to Mahler: Friend, Pernerstorfer ...

No photo. Camilla Stefanovic-Vilovska (Milla von Ott) Profession: Violinist. Residences: Austria Relation to Mahler: Mahler had played in a concert at Iglau ...

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921). Profession: Composer, conductor, pianist. Relation to Mahler:  Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 09-10-1835 Paris, France. Died: 16-12-1921 Algiers, ...

Candida Thompson (1967). Profession: Concertmaster, violinist. Relation to Mahler: Participant Mahler Festival 2020 Amsterdam. Born: 27-10-1967 Glasgow, United Kingdom. Thompson was ...

Carl Friedberg (1872-1955). Profession: Pianist. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 18-09-1872 Bingen, Germany. Died: ...

Carl Grengg (1853-1914). Profession: Bass, lawyer. Relation to Mahler:  Correspondence with Mahler:  Born: 16-03-1853 Graz, Austria Died: 07-10-1914 Graz, Austria ...

Carl Halir (1859-1909). Profession: Violinist. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 01-02-1859 Bohenelbe, Bohemia. Died: ...

Carl Jorn (1873-1947). Profession: Tenor. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 05-01-1873 Riga, Letland. Died: ...

Carl Lowe (1796-1869). Profession: Composer, conductor, tenor Residences: Halle Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 30-11-1796 Löbejün, Germany Died: ...

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826). Profession: Pianist, critic, composer. See: Familytree von Weber. Relation to Mahler: Die drei Pintos, Compositions unfinished, completed ...

Carl Millocker (1842-1899). Profession: Composer, conductor. Residences: Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 29-04-1842 Vienna, Austria. Died: 31-12-1899 Baden ...

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931). Profession: Violinist, composer. Residences: Copenhagen. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 09-06-1865 Sortelung (small village on ...

Carl Reich (1877-1942). Profession: Bass-baritone Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in the Vienna State Opera Correspondence with Mahler:  Born: 18-06-1877 ...

Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) (in 1890). Profession: Composer, conductor, pianist. Relation to Mahler: Mahler visited him with Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894) at his ...

No photo. Profession: Tenor. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 01-01-1865 Vienna, Austria. Died: 24-10-1918 ...

Carl Viktor Blumenthal (1868-1947). Profession: Doctor of Medicine. General practitioner. Residences: Maiernigg. Relation to Mahler: Year 1907, Health. Correspondence with Mahler:  Born: ...

1895. Carl Weinberger (1861-1939) Profession: Composer of operettas Residences: Vienna Relation to Mahler: See 1899 Concert Vienna 19-02-1899 and Restaurant Meissl und Schaden Correspondence ...

Carl Zeller (1842-1898) Profession: Soprano, composer. Residences: Vienna Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 19-06-1842 Sankt ...

Caroline Charles-Hirsch (1853-1931). Profession: Soprano. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 28-08-1853 Vienna, Austria. Died: ...

Photo. Profession: Soprano. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 29-01-1806 Vienna, Austria. Died: 13-09-1896 Friedensheim ...

Caroline Lina Webster Schermerhorn Astor (1830-1908). Profession:  Residences: New York. Relation to Mahler: Friend, financier. Correspondence with Mahler: No. Born: ...

No photo. Profession: Soprano. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 00-00-0000 Austria. Died: 00-00-0000  Buried: ...

  Cesar Franck (1822-1890). Profession: Composer. Residences: Paris. Relation to Mahler:  Correspondence with Mahler:  Born: 10-12-1822 Liege, Belgium. Died: 08-11-1890 ...

Year 1905. Charles Ernest Henri Boissevain (1868-1940) in Karlsbad (08-1905). Also: Dr. Ch. E. H. Boissevain. Profession: Director NV Ammonia Factory v/h Van ...

Charles Gilibert (1866-1910). Profession: Baritone. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 19-11-1866 Paris, France. Died: ...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893). Profession: Composer. Residences: Paris. Relation to Mahler:  Correspondence with Mahler:  Born: 17-06-1818 Paris, France. Died: 18-10-1893 Saint-Cloud, near Paris, ...

  Charles Ives (1874-1954). Profession: Composer. Residences: America. Relation to Mahler:  Correspondence with Mahler:  Born: 20-10-1874 Danbury, Connecticut, America. Died: ...

No photo. Charles Loewenstein (0000-0000) Profession: Impresario. Concert Agency Chas. Loewenstein. Founder of the former Waldorf-Astoria subscr. concerts. Residences: Relation ...

Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935). Profession: Violinist, composer. Residences: Elzas, Medfield, Boston. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 00-00-1861 Schoneberg, Berlin, ...

Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928). Profession: Architect, designer. Residences: Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 07-06-1868 Glasgow, Scotland. Died: 10-12-1928 ...

  Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) in 1881. Profession: Naturalist, geologist, biologist. Residences:  Relation to Mahler:  Correspondence with Mahler:  Born: 12-02-1809 Downe ...

Charles Stanford (1852-1924). Caricature of Stanford by Spy, Vanity Fair (1905). Profession: Conductor, composer. Residences: Dublin, Leipzig, Berlin, London. Relation ...

 Charlotte Huhn (1865-1925). Profession: Alto Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in the Vienna State Opera Correspondence with Mahler:  Born: 15-09-1865 Luneburg, ...

  Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787). Profession: Composer. Residences: Vienna, Paris. Relation to Mahler:  Correspondence with Mahler:  Born: 02-07-1714 Erasbach by ...

Grave Clara Bassewitz (1825-1900). Profession: Countess. Relation to Mahler:  Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 24-04-1897, Year 1897. Born: 18-05-1825  Died: 00-00-0000  Buried: 00-00-0000 ...

No photo. Profession: Mezzo-soprano. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: Unknown. Leipzig Died: Unknown.  Buried: ...

Clara Weber (1865-1919). Profession: Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Alto. Recidences: Amsterdam,? Dresden,? Frankfurt am Main,? Munich,? Regensburg. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav ...

  Claude Debussy (1862-1918) (in 1908). Profession: Composer. Residences: Paris. Relation to Mahler:  Correspondence with Mahler:  Born: 22-08-1862 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. Died: ...

Claudio Abbado (1933-2014). Profession: Conductor. Residences: Milan, Berlin, New York, London, Chicago. Relation to Mahler: Gustav Mahler Festival Amsterdam 1995. Correspondence ...