Category Archives: The Man
Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858-1921) (published 1923) Mahler, whose outward appearance gives so much cause for criticism, used to reply to reproaches about ...
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23-06-1876 Vienna: 1876 Concert Vienna 23-06-1876 (piano). Wins first prize for piano at Vienna Conservatory for performance of a Schubert ...
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Baton of Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Médiathèque Musicale Mahler, Paris. Gift for the friend Henry-Louis de La Grange (1924-2017) the last ...
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Business card Kapellmeister Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Printed visiting card signed and inscribed ('Mahler') with a fifteen-line autograph message to a conductor, conceding ...
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In order of year. See also: Paintings, drawings and silhouettes. See also: Sculpture. Photos can be found in the Chronology ...
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Year 1900. Gustav Mahler presented this cap to the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (VPO) after the successful guest appearances in Paris in ...
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Year 1901. Der fliegende Blatter, March 1901, by Hans Schliessmann (1852-1920). Amsterdam During the fourth visit of Gustav Mahler to ...
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1. Correspondence Correspondence (Tags) 2. The Mahler Family Letters One day it might become possible to embark upon a complete ...
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Alfred Roller (1864-1935), one of Mahler's best friends, described Mahler's appearance: "When, on the morning after the night he died, ...
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Doodles by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). One of Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)'s doodles on a postcard of the Vienna State Opera (Hofoper, Wiener Staatsoper) ...
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Autograph Musical Quotation on Enormous Wooden Fan Blade. Oversize decorative fan leaf, measuring 2 FEET (60 cm.) in length, inscribed ...
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Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787). Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Coriolan Overture. Richard Wagner (1813-1883) ...
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Year 1880: Contract with Lewy music publishers to represent him in Bad Hall, Ljubljana, Olomouc and Kassel. Period 1880-1885. Cost ...
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Fountain pen. Médiathèque Musicale Mahler. Fountain pen. Médiathèque Musicale Mahler. Fountain pen. Médiathèque Musicale Mahler ...
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Glasses. Médiathèque Musicale Mahler. Glasses. Case Philipp Emmerich, Munchen, Maximilianstrasse 41. Médiathèque Musicale Mahler ...
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Gravestone Gustav Mahler, Vienna, Grinzing cemetery, Vienna. Also in this grave: Maria Anna Mahler (Putzi) (1902-1907). See also: Gustav Mahler funeral. Later a ...
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*** Search on this page with CTRL + F *** 1.0 Mahler letters and Mahler documents (original donation) 1.1 Letters ...
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Envelope containing a lock of Mahler's hair folded in blue tissue paper. Envelope inscribed by Justine (Ernestine) Rose-Mahler (1868-1938): "Ein Haarlocken ...
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Medical file Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Born: 07-07-1860 Kaliste, House Gustav Mahler Kaliste 1860 (Birthplace, house No. 9), Czech Republic, Year 1860. Father: Bernard ...
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“My music is always the voice of nature sounding in tone…” “The Bohemian music of my childhood home has found ...
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There survives a heart-rending document from this final stage of Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)'s illness. It was probably the last thing ...
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A group of sketches is found in the Theatermuseum (theatre collection) in Vienna, as part of the estate of the ...
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Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Wills. Lawyers. Emil Freund (1858-1928). Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and Alma Mahler (1879-1964) Marriage. Alma Mahler (1879-1964) 1930: Hans ...
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1878 (Humpolec/Zeliv) Marie Freund (0000-1880). 1880 (Jihlava) Josephine Poisl (1860- after 1880). 1881-1884/1885 (Ljubljana and Kassel) Johanna Richter (1858-1943). 1886 ...
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Wedding card Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and Alma Mahler (1879-1964). Wedding card Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and Alma Mahler (1879-1964) (detail). Year 1902, 09-03-1902. Karlskirche, Vienna, Austria. Private meeting ...
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Letter monogram Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) by Alfred Roller (1864-1935). However, this monogram is disputed. "AM" (Alma) more likely than "GM" ...
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Bote & Bock music publishers 1909: Pocket score of Symphony No. 7. Bussjager & Rattig music publishers (Vienna) 1880: Bruckner - ...
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In order of year. See also: Cartoons and caricatures. See also: Sculpture. Photos can be found in the Chronology. Year 1888. Drawing. Artist ...
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Engelbert Pernerstorfer (1850-1918). Members of the Pernerstorfer circle. The Pernerstorfer Circle was a group of late- 19th-century Viennese intellectuals who ...
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Piano of his grandfather Abraham Herrmann (1807-1868). Location: House Abraham Herrmann I (House No. 203). In the loft Gustav found a piano in ...
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Poems by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Influential poets (in order of birth): Friedrich Klopstock (1724-1803). Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). Johann Christoph ...
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Newspapers by Location Austria - Vienna Das interessante Blatt (1882-1939) Deutsche Zeitung (1871-1907) Deutsches Volksblatt (1889-1922) Neue Freie Presse (1864-1938) ...
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“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” “My music is always the voice of nature ...
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Gustav Mahler's reading was wide-ranging, extending, as it did, from the classics of world literature to rather more recondite works ...
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1923 - Erinnerungen an Gustav Mahler by Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858-1921). In Médiathèque Musicale Mahler. Fragment (Audio, German, duration 01:55): Anna Justine Mahler (Gucki) (1904-1988) about ...
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Alma Mahler (1879-1964). Fragment (Audio, English, duration 02:32): Alma Mahler (1879-1964) about Gustav Mahler (and Gustave Charpentier (1860-1956)'s "Louise"). Fragment (Audio, German, duration 14:23): Alma Mahler (1879-1964) about the ...
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Year 1905. 09-11-1905. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) plays the piano at the Welte-Mignon recording studio in Leipzig, Germany. Leipzig. Welte-Mignon. System: ...
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On 23-02-1897 (Year 1897) Gustav Mahler walked into the St. Michael's church small (Hamburg) and was “received” or baptized into the Roman ...
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Year 1909. Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). Atelier Rodin. Alma Mahler (1879-1964)'s father-in-law, the painter Carl Julius Rudolf Moll (1861-1945), wanted Auguste ...
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Year 1894. Signature Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). 18-12-1894 Hamburg, Sign off Manuscript Symphony No. 2. Year 1898. Signature Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Year 1899 ...
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Hiking. Swimming. Bicycle. See Wilhelm Zinne (1858-1934). Bicycle owned by the Gustav Mahler Vereinigung Hamburg. ...
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Terminology from Mahler Symphonies ab away ( Sordinen ab = mutes off) abdämpfen dampen down aber but aber deutlich but ...
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Occultism was thriving in fin-de-siècle Vienna when Mahler was about forty years old. There was more to turn-of-the-century Vienna than ...
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Mahler’s vegetarianism is documented in his letters: 1. "The following season proved a very gloomy one for Mahler. Once more ...
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Dated 29-06-1891 Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)'s will, dated Perchtoldsdorf (Vienna), 29-06-1891 (Year 1891) and witnessed by Dr. Emil Freund (1858-1928). Mein letzter Wille! ...
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Concerto by Giorgione (1478-1510). Engraving. A reproduction hung above Mahlers' piano. Bruno Walter (1876-1962): "I entered his room and immediately I ...
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