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Alma 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.
Mar 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 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.
Sep 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 ...
Jun 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...
Jul 6, 2023 · Alma Schindler, known for tumultuous love life, has come to be seen in two different guises. The first wife of Gustav Mahler, she also was a composer herself and wrote more than 50 songs, of which only 14 still exist.
Dec 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.
Jul 7, 2015 · Who was this alluring mass of contradictions? German author Oliver Hilmes probes the paradoxes in his even-handed, compulsively readable biography, “Malevolent Muse: The Life of Alma Mahler.”
Nov 21, 2018 · Alma Mahler (ultimately Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel) was not only an articulate, well-connected and influential woman, but she also went on to outlive her first husband by more than 50 years.
Sep 16, 2019 · When Alma Mahler walked into a room, heads turned. Her magnetic presence and charismatic allure were like “an electric charge” in any gathering. She was a femme fatale who commanded fascination, adoration, and love and could enchant people in seconds.
