Contemporaries

Robert Fuchs (1847-1927).

• Profession: Composer, teacher.
• Residences: Vienna.
• Relation to Mahler: Mahlers teacher at the Vienna Conservatory.
• Correspondence ...
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Robert Hirschfeld (1858-1914).

• Profession: Critic Wiener Abendpost, musicologist
• Residences: Vienna, Salzburg.
• Relation to Mahler: Opponent. Reviews 1909, ...
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Robert Josef Erben (1862-1925).

• Profession: Conductor, pianist
• Relation to Mahler: Assistent in Hamburg since Year 1892.
• Correspondence ...
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Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Early daguerreotype 1850.

• Profession: Pianist, composer.
• Residences: Germany.
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 08-06-1810 Zwickau, ...
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Robert Stolz (1880-1975).

• Profession: Composer, conductor. 
• Residences:
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 25-08-1880 Graz, Austria.
• Died: ...
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Rosa Papier-Paumgartner (1858-1932).

• Profession: Mezzo-soprano, alto, singing teacher.
• Residences: Vienna.
• Relation to Mahler: Friend.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: ...
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Rosa Sucher (1849-1927).

• Profession: Soprano.
• Residences: Munich, Berlin, Leipzig, New York City
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with gustav ...
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Rudolf Bacher (1862-1945).

• Profession: Painter, graphic, sculpter. Secession (member).
• Residences: Vienna.
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: No.
• Born: ...
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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 ...
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Rudolf Krzyzanowski (1859-1911).

• Profession: Conductor, composer
• Residences: Cheb (Eger), Vienna, Prague.
• Relation to Mahler: Close friend. Study ...
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• 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 ...
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Rudolf Pichler (1856-1925).

• Profession: Composer.
• Residences: Vienna, Rome.
• Relation to Mahler: Fellow student at the Conservatory of ...
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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 ...
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Rudolf Wittekopf (1863-1942).

• Profession: Bass.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 11-12-1863 Berlin, ...
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Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919).

• Profession: Composer (opera).
• Residences: Napels, Milan.
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 08-03-1857 Napels, ...
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Portret of Saar de Swart (1861-1951) by George Hendrik Breitner.

• Profession: Sculptress.
• Relation to Mahler: Meeting 27-10-1903, Year 1903
• Correspondence ...
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Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940).

• Profession: Lawyer, entrepreneur, financier. 
• Residences: New York.
• Relation to Mahler: Financier. Mahler contracts.
• Correspondence with ...
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Sandor Erkel (1846-1900)

• Profession: Composer, conductor, director, timpanist
• Residences: Budapest
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 02-01-1846 Buda, Hungary
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Sarah Charles Cahier (1870-1951).

• Profession: Mezzo-soprano.
• Residences: American.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
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Selma Kurz (1874-1933) in 1900.

• Profession: Soprano, mezzo-soprano.
• Residences: Hamburg (1895, study), Vienna (1899-1927).
• Relation to Mahler: Love affair ...
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• Profession: Pianist, composer.
• Residences: St Petersburg, Moscow.
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 01-04-1873 Great ...
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Sergej Prokofjev (1891-1953), Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978).

• Profession: Composer.
• Residences: St Petersburg, Paris, Moscow.
• Relation to Mahler:
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Siegfried Lipiner (1856-1911)

• Profession: Philosopher, writer, poet, bookseller, library council, government council.
• Residences: Vienna.
• Relation to Mahler: Close ...
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Siegfried Wagner (1869-1930).

• Profession: Composer
• Relation to Mahler: In Year 1896 (09-08-1896 until 13-08-1893) Gustav Mahler saw him conducting ...
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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).

• Profession: Doctor of Medicine. Psychoanalyticus.
• Residences:
  • Vienna: Berggasse 19.
  • London: Hampstead.
• Relation ...
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Sigmund Singer (1850-1913)

• Profession: Budapest correspondent for Neue Freie Presse and later chief editor of the Pester Lloyd, journalist, ...
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Silla Carobbi (1856-1933).

• Profession: Baritone.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 1856.
• Died: ...
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• Profession: Since 02-2014 General director of the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw.
• Relation to Mahler: Mahler Festival 2020 Amsterdam.
• Correspondence with ...
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Sonja Kornfeld.

• Profession: Singer.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: Unknown.
• Died: ...
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• Profession: Hofrath, Hofrat in Vienna
• Relation to Mahler: Letter from Gustav Mahler
• Correspondence with Mahler: ...
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The sisters Berta Zuckerkandl-Szeps (1864-1945) and Sophie Clemenceau-Szeps (1862-1937), Vienna approx. 1880.

• Profession: 
• Residences: Vienna, Paris.
• Relation to Mahler: 
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Sophie Kollar (1862-1912).

• Profession: Soprano.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 03-05-1862 ...
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 Sophie Sedlmair (1857-1939).

• Profession: Soprano.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler. Vienna State Opera.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: ...
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Sophie Traubmann (1867-1951).

• Profession: Soprano.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 17-05-1867 New ...
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Stephen Delwary.

• Profession: Tenor.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 00-00-1873.
• Died: ...
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Stefan Wahl.

• Profession: Violinist.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: Unknown.
• Died: ...
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Stefan Zweig (1881-1942).

• Profession: Writer, playwright, journalist, biographer.
• Residences: Vienna, London, New York, Brazil.
• Relation to Mahler: Atlantic ...
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Stefanie Becker.

• Profession: Soprano.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: Vienna, Austria.
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Theobald Pollak (1855-1912).

• Profession: Councilor Ministry of Railways Austria.
• Relation to Mahler: Friend of Gustav and Alma Mahler ...
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Theodor Bertram (1869-1907).

• Profession: Baritone
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in the Vienna State Opera
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
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Theodor Billroth (1829-1894). Copyright: Bert and Judith van der Waal van Dijk (cbjvdwvd).

• Profession: Doctor of Medicine. Surgeon. Amateur musician.
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Theodor Fischer (1859-1934).

• Profession: Lawyer, chief magistrate, Hofrat, Kreisgerichtsprasident, President of the Jihlava Court of Justice.
• Relation to ...
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Year 1910. Theodor Helm (1843-1920) and his daughter Mathilda.

• Profession: Music critic at the Musikalisches Wochenblatt and the Deutsche Zeitung, ...
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Theodor Hentschel (1830-1892).

• Profession: Conductor, composer.
• Relation to Mahler: Collegue of Gustav Mahler in Hamburg.
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: ...
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Theodor Reichmann (1849-1903) wearing diamond horseshoe pin.

Photo: Wein Krziwanek Jschl Neubau Hofstallstrasse 5, nachts Hotel Holler Franzens Allee ...
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Theodor Wagner.

• Profession: Singer.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: Unknown.
• Died: ...
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Theodore Spiering (1871-1925).

• Profession: Violinist, concertmaster New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO/NPO), conductor.
• Residences: Berlin, New York.
• Relation to ...
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• Profession: Soprano.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: ...
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• Profession: Painter
• Relation to Mahler: In 1912 she bought a Mahler buste by Auguste ...
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