Contemporaries

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Thomas Walter Hampson is an American lyric baritone, a classical singer who has appeared world-wide in major ...
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2017. Queen Máxima, conductor Thomas Hengelbrock (1958) and the German soprano Diana Damrau at the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO) Opening ...
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Thomas Koschat (1845-1914).

• Profession: Composer, conductor, bass
• Residences: Vienna, Klagenfurt
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 08-08-1845 ...
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Thomas Mann (1875-1955).

• Profession: Writer.
• Residences:
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler: Yes. 06-11-1910.
• Born: 06-06-1875 Lubeck, Germany.
• Died: 12-08-1955 ...
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Tilly Koenen (1873-1941).

• Profession: Soprano.
• Residences: Salatiga, Amsterdam, Apeldoorn, Berlin, London, The Hague.
• Relation to Mahler: In 1910 she ...
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Toni Daeglau.

• Profession: Alto.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: Unknown.
• Died: ...
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Umberto Giordano (1867-1948)

• Profession: Composer.
• Residences: Foggia.
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: Yes.
  • 00-05-1900, Year 1900 ...
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Vasily Safonov (1852-1918).

• Profession: Pianist, conductor.
• Residences: St Petersburg, Moscow, New York.
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler:
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Vasily Sapelnikov (1867-1941).

• Profession: Pianist.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 21-10-1867 Odessa, ...
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Victor Adler (1852-1918).

• Profession: Doctor of Medicine. Neurologist, Politician, Foreign Minister of Austria. Aounder and leader of the Austrian ...
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Victor Staub (1872-1953), approx. 1900.

• Profession: Pianist.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: ...
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Victor von Herzfeld (1856-1920).

• Profession: Violinist, composer
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 08-10-1856 Pozsony, Austria-Hungary
• Died: 19-02-1920 ...
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Viktor Ernst Nessler (1841-1890).

• Profession: Composer
• Residences: Leipzig
• Relation to Mahler: Composer of Der Trompeter von Säkkingen. See ...
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Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931).

• Profession: Composer.
• Residences: Paris.
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 27-03-1851 Paris, France.
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Viola Waterhouse.

• Profession: Soprano.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: Unknown.
• Died: ...
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Virginia Naumann-Gungl (1848-1915).

• Profession: Soprano.
• Residences: Bremen, Frankfurt, Hannover, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich, Weimar, Vienna.
• Relation to Mahler: ...
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Walter Johannes Damrosch (1862-1950).

• Profession: Composer, Conductor NYSO, Director Damrosch Opera Company.
• Residences: 
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with ...
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Hermann Kesten and Walter Landauer (1902-1944). Copyright: International Institute of Social History.

• Profession: Publisher
• Residences:
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with ...
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Walter Rothwell (1872-1927).

• Profession: Conductor.
• Residences: London, Vienna, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Los Angeles.
• Relation to Mahler: Assistent in Hamburg.
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Wenzel Pressburg (1824-1906).

• Profession: Teacher, pianist, composer.
• Relation to Mahler: Teacher in Jihlava. See Music education Gustav Mahler in Jihlava.
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• Profession: Administrator, bookkeeper
• Relation to Mahler: Lived in the same house
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 00-00-1848 Kourim.
• Died: ...
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Wilhelm Berkhan (1857-1913).

• Profession: Businessman, optician
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: 00-00-1857 Hamburg
• Died: 00-00-1913 Pinneberg
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Wilhelm Birrenkoven (1865-1955).

• Profession: Tenor.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 04-10-1865 Cologne, ...
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Wilhelm Cnoop Koopmans (1837-1895).

• Profession: Professor of theology, partner at distillery Lever & Co.
• Relation to Mahler:  One to ...
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Wilhelm Cronberger (1858-1926).

• Profession: Tenor.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 29-01-1858 ...
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Wilhelm Furtwangler (1886-1954) and Arnold Josef Rose (1863-1946).

• Profession: Conductor.
• Residences: Berlin, Vienna.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Arnold Josef Rose ...
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Wilhelm Gericke (1845-1925), 1898.

• Profession: Conductor and composer.
• Relation to Mahler:
  • He obtained the Beethoven prize in ...
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Wilhelm Gruning (1858-1942).

• Profession: Tenor.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 02-11-1858 Berlin, ...
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Wilhelm Hesch (1860-1908).

• Profession: Bass, baritone.
• Residences: Brno, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologns, Nürnberg, Prague, Salzburg, Vienna, Zagreb.
• Relation to Mahler: 
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Wilhelm Jahn (1835-1900).

• Profession: Conductor, director of the Vienna State Opera.
• Residences: Olomouc, Pest, Krakau, Vienna.
• Relation to Mahler: ...
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Wilhelm Kienzl (1857-1941)

• Profession: Composer, pianist, conductor
• Relation to Mahler: see 1899 Concert Vienna 19-02-1899 and Restaurant Meissl und Schaden
• Correspondence ...
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Wilhelm List (1864-1918).

• Profession: Painter. Secession (member).
• Residences:
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 22-11-1864 Vienna, Austria.
• Died: 10-02-1918 ...
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Wilhelm Minkus (0000-0000).

• Profession: Impresario.
• Residences: Vienna.
• Relation to Mahler:
• Correspondence with Mahler: Yes.
  • 10-06-1908, Year 1908.
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Wilhelm Otto.

• Profession: Tenor.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 00-00-1873
• Died: ...
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Wilhelm Treiber (1838-1899).

• Profession: Conductor.
• Residences: Kassel.
• Relation to Mahler: Mahlers superior.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 1838.
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Wilhelm Vilmar (1854-1933).

• Profession: Bass, baritone.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: ...
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Wilhelm Zinne (1858-1934).

• Profession: school teacher, opera critic Neue Hamburger Zeitung.
• Residences: Hamburg
• Relation to Mahler: Music ...
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Willem Hutschenruyter (1863-1950).

• Profession: Horn player, administrator Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO).
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: 
• Born: ...
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Willem Kes (1856-1934).

• Profession: Violonist, conductor and composer.
• Residences: Amsterdam, Glasgow, Koblenz.
• Relation to Mahler: Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ...
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1928. Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951) in New York with the New York Times.

• Profession: Conductor, composer.
• Residences: Amsterdam.
• Relation to Gustav ...
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Willem Pijper (1894-1947).

• Profession: Composer.
• Relation to Mahler:
  • Participated in Mahler Festival 1920 Amsterdam. Pijper played as a pianist ...
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Willem Stumpff (1826-1912).

• Profession: Conductor, first administrator of the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw. Period 1887-1900.
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with ...
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William Backhouse Jr. Astor (1829-1892).

• Profession: Entrepreneur.
• Residences: New York.
• Relation to Mahler: 
• Correspondence with Mahler: No. 
• Born: ...
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William James Henderson (1855-1937).

• Profession: Writer, Critic New York Sun.
• Residences: New York City
• Relation to Mahler: 
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William Miller (1880-1925). "W Miller, Wien. Kriegs   ,1915"

• Profession: Tenor
• Residences: American.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with ...
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William Ritter (1867-1955).

• Profession: Critic, novelist, painter.
• Residences: Monruz (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Vienna, Munich (House Janko Cadra), Bisonne (House Janko ...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) by Johann Nepomuk della Croce (1780).

• Profession: Pianist, conductor, composer.
• Residences: Salzburg, Vienna.
• Relation to ...
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Yolanda Mero (1887-1963).

• Profession: Pianist.
• Relation to Mahler: Worked with Gustav Mahler.
• Correspondence with Mahler:
• Born: 30-08-1887 Budapest, ...
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