Richard Specht

Richard Specht (7 December 1870, Vienna – 18 March 1932)[1] was an Austrian lyricist, dramatist, musicologist and writer.

[1] 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, as well as a correspondent for the Berlin-based music magazine Die Musik.

[1] In 1909, Specht founded the periodical Der Merker, for which he served as editor until July 1914 and again from May 1918 to October 1919 and collaborating with Richard Batka.

[1][2][3] In 1925, he was appointed to a professorship at the institution that is now the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.