Correspondence from Alma Mahler, ca. 1948.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Wiener Staatsoper.

Language:

German

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf)

Contained In:

Mahler-Werfel Papers. Folder 1339.

Place of Publication:

ca. 1948.

Language Note:

In German.

Biography/History:

The director of the opera from 1945 to 1954 was Franz Salmhofer. The item might conceivably have been intended for Egon Hilbert, who communicated with Alma about the celebration of the unveiling of the bust at the opera house's temporary quarters in 1948; from 1946 to 1953 Hilbert was the head of Austria's Federal Theater Administration, which oversaw the Vienna State Opera.

Summary:

Addressed to the director (Intendant) of the opera, concerning a newspaper or journal report about the bust of Gustav Mahler at the Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper) which failed to mention Alma Mahler as the donor; for another draft from Alma concerning her gift of the bust and possibly referring to the same report, see under: Musical Courier (New York, N.Y). For other correspondence related to the Vienna State Opera and its honoring of Alma's gift of the bust, see under: Hilbert, Egon; and Marboe, Ernst, 1909-.

Notes:

Typed draft.