Category Archives: Contemporaries

Robert Freund (1852-1936). Profession: Pianist. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 01-04-1852 Budapest, Hungary. Died: ...

Robert Fuchs (1847-1927). Profession: Composer, teacher. Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Mahler's teacher at the Vienna Conservatory. Correspondence with Mahler: ...

No photo. Robert Hirschfeld (1858-1914). Profession: Critic Wiener Abendpost, musicologist Residences: Vienna, Salzburg. Relation to Mahler: Opponent. Reviews 1909, 1910 ...

No photo. Robert Josef Erben (1862-1925). Profession: Conductor, pianist Relation to Mahler: Assistent in Hamburg since Year 1892. Correspondence with ...

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Early daguerreotype 1850. Profession: Pianist, composer. Residences: Germany. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 08-06-1810 Zwickau, ...

Robert Stolz (1880-1975). Profession: Composer, conductor. Residences: Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 25-08-1880 Graz, Austria. Died: 27-06-1975 Berlin, ...

Rosa Papier-Paumgartner (1858-1932). Profession: Mezzo-soprano, alto, singing teacher. Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Friend. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 18-09-1858 Baden, ...

Rosa Sucher (1849-1927). Profession: Soprano. Residences: Munich, Berlin, Leipzig, New York City Relation to Mahler: Worked with gustav Mahler. Correspondence ...

Rudolf Bacher (1862-1945). Profession: Painter, graphic, sculpter. Secession (member). Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: No. Born: 20-01-1862, Vienna, ...

Rudolf Kastner (1879-1948). Profession: Critic Berliner Morgenpost, Munchener Neueste Nachrichten (23-10-1904). Residences: Berlin. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Yes ...

Rudolf Krzyzanowski (1859-1911). Profession: Conductor, composer Residences: Cheb (Eger), Vienna, Prague. Relation to Mahler: Close friend. Study friend Conservatory of Vienna ...

Profession: Composer (Dutch), Director Royal Concertgebouw (1917-1935). Relation to Mahler: Second cousin of Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951). Member of the organising committee Gustav Mahler Festival Amsterdam ...

No photo. Rudolf Pichler (1856-1925). Profession: Composer. Residences: Vienna, Rome. Relation to Mahler: Fellow student at the Conservatory of Vienna, ...

Rudolf Schirmer (1859-1919) (1919) Profession: Music Publisher at Schirmer music publishers. Board of directors Walter Johannes Damrosch (1862-1950) and trustee of the Institute of Musical ...

Rudolf Wittekopf (1863-1942). Profession: Bass. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 11-12-1863 Berlin, Germany. Died: ...

Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919). Profession: Composer (opera). Residences: Napels, Milan. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 08-03-1857 Napels, Italy. Died: ...

Portret of Saar de Swart (1861-1951) by George Hendrik Breitner. Profession: Sculptress. Relation to Mahler: Meeting 27-10-1903, Year 1903 Correspondence ...

Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940). Profession: Lawyer, entrepreneur, financier. Residences: New York. Relation to Mahler: Financier. Mahler contracts. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: ...

Sandor Erkel (1846-1900) Profession: Composer, conductor, director, timpanist Residences: Budapest Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 02-01-1846 Buda, Hungary Died: 14-10-1900 Békéscsaba, Hungary ...

Sarah Charles Cahier (1870-1951). Profession: Mezzo-soprano. Residences: American. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 08-01-1870 ...

Selma Kurz (1874-1933) in 1900. Profession: Soprano, mezzo-soprano. Residences: Hamburg (1895, study), Vienna (1899-1927). Relation to Mahler: Love affair with Gustav ...

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943). Profession: Pianist, composer. Residences: St Petersburg, Moscow. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 01-04-1873 Great Novgorod, ...

Sergej Prokofjev (1891-1953), Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978). Profession: Composer. Residences: St Petersburg, Paris, Moscow. Relation to Mahler: ...

Siegfried Lipiner (1856-1911) Profession: Philosopher, writer, poet, bookseller, library council, government council. Residences: Vienna. Relation to Mahler: Close friend, Pernerstorfer Circle ...

Siegfried Wagner (1869-1930). Profession: Composer Relation to Mahler: In Year 1896 (09-08-1896 until 13-08-1893) Gustav Mahler saw him conducting The Ring ...

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). Profession: Doctor of Medicine. Psychoanalyticus. Residences: Vienna: Berggasse 19. London: Hampstead. Relation to Mahler: Year 1910, Health, Meeting with Freud ...

No photo Sigmund Singer (1850-1913) Profession: Budapest correspondent for Neue Freie Presse and later chief editor of the Pester Lloyd, journalist, lawyer, ...

Silla Carobbi (1856-1933). Profession: Baritone. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 1856. Died: 1933. Buried: ...

Simon Reinink (1966). Profession: Since 02-2014 General director of the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw. Relation to Mahler: Mahler Festival 2020 Amsterdam. Correspondence with Mahler: ...

No photo. Sonja Kornfeld. Profession: Singer. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: Unknown. Died: Unknown ...

No photo. Sophie Bassermann. Profession: Hofrath, Hofrat in Vienna Relation to Mahler: Letter from Gustav Mahler Correspondence with Mahler: Yes ...

The sisters Berta Zuckerkandl-Szeps (1864-1945) and Sophie Clemenceau-Szeps (1862-1937), Vienna approx. 1880. Profession: Residences: Vienna, Paris. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence ...

No photo. Sophie Kollar (1862-1912). Profession: Soprano. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 03-05-1862 Zurawno, ...

 Sophie Sedlmair (1857-1939). Profession: Soprano. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Vienna State Opera. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 25-01-1857 Hannover, ...

Sophie Traubmann (1867-1951). Profession: Soprano. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 17-05-1867 New York, America ...

No photo. Stephen Delwary. Profession: Tenor. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 00-00-1873. Died: Unknown ...

No photo. Stefan Wahl. Profession: Violinist. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: Unknown. Died: Unknown.  ...

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942). Profession: Writer, playwright, journalist, biographer. Residences: Vienna, London, New York, Brazil. Relation to Mahler: Atlantic 1911 Eastbound ...

No photo. Stefanie Becker. Profession: Soprano. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: Vienna, Austria. Died: ...

No photo. Theobald Pollak (1855-1912). Profession: Councilor Ministry of Railways Austria. Relation to Mahler: Friend of Gustav and Alma Mahler. Also ...

Theodor Bertram (1869-1907). Profession: Baritone Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in the Vienna State Opera Correspondence with Mahler:  Born: 12-02-1869 ...

Theodor Billroth (1829-1894). Copyright: Bert and Judith van der Waal van Dijk (cbjvdwvd). Profession: Doctor of Medicine. Surgeon. Amateur musician ...

No photo. Theodor Fischer (1859-1934). Profession: Lawyer, chief magistrate, Hofrat, Kreisgerichtsprasident, President of the Jihlava Court of Justice. Relation to Mahler: ...

Year 1910. Theodor Helm (1843-1920) and his daughter Mathilda. Profession: Music critic at the Musikalisches Wochenblatt and the Deutsche Zeitung, writer, lawyer ...

Theodor Hentschel (1830-1892). Profession: Conductor, composer. Relation to Mahler: Collegue of Gustav Mahler in Hamburg. Correspondence with Mahler:  Born: 28-03-1830 Schirgiswalde, Germany ...

Theodor Reichmann (1849-1903) wearing diamond horseshoe pin. Photo: Wein Krziwanek Jschl Neubau Hofstallstrasse 5, nachts Hotel Holler Franzens Allee 10, ...

No photo. Theodor Wagner. Profession: Singer. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: Unknown. Died: Unknown ...

Theodore Spiering (1871-1925). Profession: Violinist, concertmaster New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO/NPO), conductor. Residences: Berlin, New York. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence ...

Therese Maria Saak (1869-1901). No photo. Profession: Soprano. Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 02-12-1868 ...

Thérèse Schwartze (1851-1918). Selfportrait 1917. Profession: Painter Relation to Mahler: In 1912 she bought a Mahler buste by Auguste Rodin ...