German composer and conductor (1879–1950).
Born December 26th, 1879 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Died December 22nd, 1950 at 70 years old in Singen.
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel