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Composer
Gustav Mahler
| 1860-1911The composer and conductor Gustav Mahler was born in the Bohemian town of Kalischt on 7 July 1860. He studied in Vienna under, among others, Anton Bruckner. Following his studies he was a theater conductor in Hall (upper Austria), then he held positions in Prague, Leipzig, Budapest and Hamburg. From 1897 to 1907 he was conductor and Director of the Vienna Court Opera. From 1898 to 1901 he also conducted the Philharmonic concerts. In 1907 he went to New York, where he conducted the Metropolitan Opera and from he 1909 conducted at the opera alongside Artuor Toscanini. In the same year he was also appointed conducter of the New York Philarmonic. Gustav Mahler died in Vienna on 18 May 1911. Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
| 1797-1848
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Arranger
Clytus Gottwald
| 1925-2023The choral conductor, composer and musicologist Clytus Gottwald (1925 - 2023) made significant contributions to contemporary choral music. As editor for New Music at Südfunk Stuttgart and founder and director of the Schola Cantorum Stuttgart, he was in productive exchange with his contemporaries, Pierre Boulez, Mauricio Kagel, György Ligeti, Luigi Nono, Karlheinz Stockhausen and many others. With his Schola Cantorum, a 16-voice chamber vocal ensemble, Gottwald decisively shaped the a cappella choral culture of the highest technical level that is taken for granted today. Clytus Gottwald's transcriptions of piano songs and instrumental pieces for unaccompanied choir are appreciated by choirs all over the world. Modelled on the style of Ligeti, his works set the highest of musical standards. Clytus Gottwald has received several awards for his services, including the Cultural Prize of Baden-Württemberg in 2009, the European Church Music Prize in 2012, and the Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2014. His importance for the development of contemporary choral music cannot be overestimated. Personal details
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