Alma Mahler
Born: 31st August 1879, Vienna, Austria
Died: 11th December 1964, New York City, NY, United States
Nationality: Austrian, American
Alma Maria Mahler Gropius Werfel was an Austrian composer, author, editor, and socialite. At 15, she was mentored by Max Burckhard. 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. Only 17 songs are known to survive.
In her early years, she fell in love with composer and conductor Alexander von Zemlinsky, but their relationship did not last long. She became the wife of composer Gustav Mahler, who insisted (as a condition of their marriage) that she give up composing.
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Further Reading: Mahler, A
Interview,
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective - Transfigured
The chamber ensemble's Artistic Director Tom Poster talks about their new album of works from the Second Viennese School - with a selection of songs from the cruelly truncated career of Alma Mahler in pride of place.
Interview,
Robyn Allegra Parton on Burnished Gold
The British soprano discusses her Klimt-inspired debut solo album on Orchid Classics, exploring music by composers associated with the Viennese Secession movement and featuring songs by Joseph Marx, Alma Mahler, the teenage Erich Korngold and Johanna Müller-Hermann.
All Works: Mahler, A
- Ansturm (text: Rochard Dehmel) (6)
- Bei dir ist es traut (14)
- Der Erkennende (text: Franz Werfel) (6)
- Die stille Stadt (19)
- Ekstase (5)
- Erntelied (text: Gustav Falke) (9)
- Hymne (4)
- Hymne an die Nacht (5)
- Ich wandle unter Blumen (text: Heinrich Heine) (12)
- In meines Vaters Garten (9)
- Kennst du meine Nächte? (5)
- Laue Sommernacht (text: Gustav Falke) (19)
- Leise weht ein erstes Blühn (4)
- Licht in der Nacht (text: Otto Julius Bierbaum) (11)
- Lobgesang (7)
- Songs (4), published 1915 (9)
- Songs (5), published 1910 (6)
- Songs (5), published 1924 (3)
- Waldseligkeit (text: Richard Dehmel) (8)