Hendrik Jan de Marez Oyens (1843-1911).

  • Profession: Stockbroker, Commission agent in securities, Banker, treasurer of the Royal Concertgebouw.
  • Relation to Mahler: One to the initiators and founders of the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw, who knew each other from the Old Exchange (Oude Beurs) in amsterdam, where they formed a “musical” group.
  • Correspondence with Mahler:
  • Father: Gerrit Hendrik de Marez Oijens (1811-1883).
  • Born: 11-08-1843 Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Married: 1879 Marie Cornelie Reynvaan (1854-1926). Alma Mahler stayed with her during the Gustav Mahler Festival Amsterdam 1920.
  • Lived at Keizersgracht 317, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. House Hendrik Jan de Marez Oyens.
  • Died: 17-07-1911 Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Buried: 00-00-0000 Zorgvliet, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Bankier, lid bestuur Mij. Felix Meritis, lid bestuur Vereniging “Rembrandt”, lid bestuur afdeling Amsterdam Mij. tot bevordering der Toonkunst, lid raad van beheer N.V. “De Stads-Schouwburg-Mij”, lid bestuur Amsterdamsche Vereeniging voor Gezondheids- en Vakantie-Kolonies, lid commissie voor huisbezoek Genootschap “Liefdadigheid naar Vermogen”.

Attention: Same name, 46 years later: Hendrik Jan de Marez Oijens (1889-1953)

  • Profession: Classicus, teacher at Barlaeus Gymnasium, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Born: 13-04-1889 The Hague, the Netherlands.
  • Died: 24-10-1953 Huis ter Heide, Zeist, the Netherlands.
  • Knew Louis Couperus personally.
  • Music lover.
  • Wrote texts for the program booklet of the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO/KCO).
  • He knew Alma Mahler (1879-1964) after who het named his daughter.
  • Lived at Keizersgracht 630, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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