Eduard Hanslick
Kalbeck was born in Breslau and studied music in Munich. In 1875, he became the music-critic for the "Schlesische Zeitung" and assistant director of the Breslau Museum. He came to Vienna in 1880 on the invitation of Eduard Hanslick, first as critic of the "Allgemeine Zeitung" and then, from 1886 till his death, of the "Neue Wiener Tagblatt".