Richard Specht, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Specht

Austrian lyricist, dramatist, musicologist and writer

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1870

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 18-Mar-1932

Profession: writer, professor, playwright, translator, songwriter, lyricist, music critic, journalist, musicologist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Richard Specht (7 December 1870, Vienna - 19 March 1932) was an Austrian lyricist, dramatist, musicologist and writer.
Specht is most well known for his writings on classical music, and in his time was seen as a leading music journalist.
He was a great authority on the music of Gustav Mahler, and in later life became a regular acquaintance of his widow, Alma Mahler-Werfel. He was, amongst other things, a contributor to the Wiener Illustrierten Extrablatts and other Viennese newspapers.
From 1910, he worked at the Merker publishing house.
In 1925, he was appointed to a professorship at the institution that is now the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.