Mayer, Robert (1879-1985)
Unternehmer, Jugendmusikförderer
Media type
- Normdaten
Person
Mayer, Robert
Other names
Mayer, Robert
(Ehemalige Vorzugsbenennung PND/SWD)
Sex
männlich
Birth and Death Dates
1879
–
1985
Country
- Deutschland
- Großbritannien
Occupation/Function
Jugendmusikförderer
Relationship family
Moulton-Mayer, Dorothy
Characteristic profession
Place of birth
Place of death
Source
- Landesbibliographie Baden-Württemberg, Band 4 , (positiv)
- GND , (positiv)
Explanation
- son of a wealthy and musical German-Jewish brewer, he entered the Mannheim Conservatory when he was six; he was a gifted pianist, and at the age of 11 was encouraged by Brahms; he became a businessman, however, settling in England in 1896 and becoming a naturalized British subject in 1902