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Alma Mahler

1879 - 1964

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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. At 15, she was mentored by Max Burckhard. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alma Mahler is the 108th most popular composer (down from 93rd in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from Austria (down from 75th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Austrian Composer.

Alma Mahler is most famous for being the wife of composer Gustav Mahler and for her affair with architect Walter Gropius.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alma Mahler ranks 108 out of 1,451. Before her are Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Joaquín Rodrigo, Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger, Léo Delibes, and Giacomo Meyerbeer. After her are Domenico Cimarosa, Mikhail Glinka, Zoltán Kodály, Mily Balakirev, Muzio Clementi, and Francisco Tárrega.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Alma Mahler ranks 14. Before her are Otto Hahn, Franz von Papen, Max von Laue, Margaret Sanger, Emiliano Zapata, and Symon Petliura. After her are Milutin Milanković, Hans Luther, Rudolf von Laban, Francis Picabia, Ottorino Respighi, and Ramana Maharshi. Among people deceased in 1964, Alma Mahler ranks 10. Before her are Herbert Hoover, Victor Francis Hess, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Paul of Greece, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, and James Franck. After her are Rachel Carson, Norbert Wiener, Gerhard Domagk, Ian Fleming, Vasily Grossman, and Sigfrid Edström.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Alma Mahler ranks 96 out of 1,424. Before her are Christoph Waltz (1956), Maria Anna Mozart (1751), Peter Drucker (1909), Otto Wagner (1841), Melanie Klein (1882), and Arthur Schnitzler (1862). After her are Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852), Saint Florian (250), Charles II, Archduke of Austria (1540), Engelbert Dollfuss (1892), Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (1886), and Alfred Hermann Fried (1864).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Alma Mahler ranks 11. Before her are Johann Strauss I (1804), Anton Bruckner (1824), Arnold Schoenberg (1874), Anton Webern (1883), Alban Berg (1885), and Carl Czerny (1791). After her are Josef Strauss (1827), Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791), Eduard Strauss (1835), Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865), Michael Haydn (1737), and Anna Maria Mozart (1720).

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