German conductor and composer (1886–1954).
Born January 25th, 1886 in Schöneberg.
Died November 30th, 1954 at 68 years old in Baden-Baden (pneumonia).
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