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Alma Mahler was a composer, painter and biographer. Born on August 31, 1879, Alma Mahler was from Vienna, Austria. Death is recorded on December 11, 1964, at the age of 85.
My Take
What fascinates me about Alma Mahler is how stubbornly history tried to file her under other people's names, and how her own music refuses to disappear. Roughly fifty songs composed, seventeen surviving, a teenager already mentored by Max Burckhard, a painter and biographer on top of it all. I find the survival of those seventeen songs almost defiant. She was not merely an ornament of fin-de-siecle Vienna; she was a maker. I would rather measure her by the notes she left behind than by the famous men who orbited her, and I suspect future listeners will agree.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alma Mahler
- Name (Japanese)
- アルマ・マーラー
- Reading
- あるま・まーらー
- Born
- August 31, 1879 – December 11, 1964
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rabbit
- Origin
- Vienna, Austria
- Occupation
- composer / painter / biographer / model / writer
2. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.alma-mahler.com/engl/almas_life/almas_life.html
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma%20Mahler
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156898
3. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Alma Mahler born?
Born August 31, 1879.
When did Alma Mahler die?
Died December 11, 1964, aged 85.
Where was Alma Mahler from?
Alma Mahler was from Vienna, Austria.
What did Alma Mahler do?
Alma Mahler worked as composer, painter, biographer, model, writer.
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