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Alma Mahler
Sign in to saveAlso known as Alma Maria Mahler Gropius Werfel, Alma Maria Mahler, Alma Maria Groupius, Alma Maria Gropius, Alma Mahler-Werfel, Alma Werfel, Alma Schindler-Mahler, Alma Maria Mahler-Werfel
Austrian composer, art collector, author, editor, and socialite (1879-1964)
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- Born
- 1879
- Died
- 1964
- Works
- 13
Top works
- "Ich möchte so lange leben, als ich Ihnen dankbar sein kann"
- Erinnerungen an Gustav Mahler
- Alma Mahler-Werfel
- Gustav Mahler
- Immer wieder werden mich thätige Geister verlocken
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Key facts
- Born
- Alma Margaretha Maria Schindler , ( 1879-08-31 ) 31 August 1879, Vienna, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 11 December 1964 (1964-12-11) (aged 85), New York City, US
- Burial place
- Grinzing Cemetery, Vienna
- Citizenship
- Austria United States (from 1946)
- Occupations
- Composer socialite author editor
- Spouses
- Gustav Mahler ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1902 ; died 1911 ) Walter Gropius ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1915 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1920 ) Franz Werfel ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1929 ; died 1945 )
- Children
- 4, including Anna and Manon
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maria
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Franz Werfel
- Child
- Manon Gropius
- Father
- Emil Jakob Schindler
- Occupation
- model
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Alexander von Zemlinsky
- Field of work
- performing arts
- Genre
- classical music
- Official website
- www.alma-mahler.com/engl/almas_life/almas_life.html
- Image
- Alma Mahler 1899a.jpg
- Significant event
- restitution of Nazi-looted art
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- unmarried partner
- Oskar Kokoschka
- Commons category
- Alma Mahler
- date of death
- 1964-12-11
- date of birth
- 1879-08-31
- birth name
- Alma Maria Schindler
- Commons gallery
- Alma Mahler-Werfel
- stepparent
- Carl Moll
- name in native language
- Alma Mahler-Werfel
- different from
- alma mater
- P8168
- Sara Errani
- P12749
- Vilcabamba
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Encyclopedic overview
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. At 15, she was mentored by Max Burckhard.
In 1938, after Nazi Germany annexed Austria, Mahler and her husband Franz Werfel fled, as it was unsafe for the Jewish Werfel. Eventually the couple settled in Los Angeles. In later years, her salon became part of the artistic scene, first in Vienna, then in Los Angeles and New York.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alma Mahler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.