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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 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.
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Mar 28, 2019 · Alma Mahler was a composer, writer, and muse who had affairs with several artistic giants, including Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus. Learn how she influenced Gropius's work and vision, and how their relationship ended in divorce.
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Sep 20, 2019 · Alma Mahler returns to Vienna after the Second World War. Credit: Haste writes — rightly, I suspect — that Alma’s music was an inner refuge from the tragedies that permeated her life, and a ...
- Michael Shmith
Alma Mahler was a muse, a composer, a lover and a mother who influenced and was influenced by the arts and politics of fin-de-siecle Vienna. Learn about her turbulent relationships, her musical legacy and her legacy in this article by John Schauer.
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Sep 16, 2019 · Alma Mahler was a modern woman who loved and inspired many creative geniuses in late nineteenth-century Vienna. She was a composer, a painter, a writer, and a cultural icon who defied the conventions of her time and faced tragedy and loss.
Alma Mahler was a composer and a cultural figure who married and had affairs with several famous men, including Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius, and Franz Werfel. She lived through the turbulent times of fin-de-siècle Vienna, World War I, and exile, and wrote an autobiography of her life.