Alma Mahler - Wikipedia
WEBAlma Mahler-Werfel (born Alma Margaretha Maria Schindler; 31 August 1879 – 11 December 1964) was an Austrian composer, author, editor, and socialite. Musically active from her early years, she was the composer of nearly fifty songs for voice and piano, and works in other genres as well. 17 songs are known to have survived.
Alma Mahler | Composer, Musician, Artist | Britannica
WEBMar 25, 2024 · Alma Mahler (born Aug. 31, 1879, Vienna, Austria-Hungary—died Dec. 11, 1964, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was known for her relationships with celebrated men, including her husband, Gustav Mahler. The daughter of the painter Emil Schindler, Alma grew up surrounded by art and artists.
The Alma problem | Classical music | The Guardian
WEBDec 2, 2010 · The Alma problem. Married to Gustav Mahler at 22, Alma Schindler’s composing career was cut short at her husband’s insistence. But this extraordinary woman was far from a tragic victim of...
The Untold Story of Alma Mahler and Her Relationship to the …
WEBMar 28, 2019 · Nearly 100 years ago Walter Gropius divorced from Alma Mahler, the Viennese musician married to the academy’s famed founder during the planning stages of the Bauhaus.
ALMA M. WERFEL, WIDOW OF WRITER; She Was Also Married to Mahler …
WEBMrs. Alma Mahler Werfel, widow of the writer Franz Werfel and earlier of the composer Gustav Mahler, died yesterday in her apartment at 120 East 73d Street. Her age was 85, She had also been ...
ALMA : History - Alma Mahler
WEBThe most beautiful girl in Vienna (1879 - 1901) Alma was born in Vienna on 31 August 1879, daughter of landscape painter Emil Jakob Schindler and Hamburg singer Anna Sofie Bergen. Finances in the Schindler household were very tight, and the family had to share their apartment with Schindler's artist colleague, Julius Victor Berger, with whom ...
Alma Mahler: a story of tragedy, husbands and music
WEBSep 20, 2019 · Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel, née Schindler (1897-1964), a privileged, highly cultured child of the Austro-Hungarian empire, has long been regarded as a mysterious figure who always appeared to be ...
Who was Alma Mahler? - Classical Music
WEBAlma Mahler was a composer, muse and controversial figure in the classical music world. Learn about her life, loves and legacy in this article.
The life and loves of Alma Mahler - The Economist
WEBJun 15, 2019 · A LMA MAHLER was the supreme femme fatale of early-20th-century Vienna. From composers to priests, artists to architects, scientists to writers, she conquered hearts—and broke...
Alma Mahler - Mahler Foundation
WEBDec 16, 2021 · Alma Mahler as composer. Alma played the piano from childhood and in her memoirs reports that she first attempted composing at age nine. She studied composition with Josef Labor beginning in 1895.
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