United States, Music Executive
July 13,
1902 – January, 7, 1987.
George Richard Marek was an American music executive and author of biographies of classical composers. Marek was born in Vienna, the son of dentist Martin Marek and Emily Weisberger. From 1918, Marek studied at the University of Vienna until he emigrated to the United States in 1920, where he became a citizen in 1925. He married Muriel Heppner the following year; the couple had one son, Richard.
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