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Musical Courier 1903-02-25: Vol 46 Iss 1196, 1903
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1IF you are a pianist have you ever played at the game of musical genealogy?
2It is an interesting pastime and not a little instructive. Every pianist has a musical genealogy. Some of us are directly descended through our teachers and their teachers' teachers from the great Johann Sebastian Bach. On the same plan others should be able to trace in their playing the unmistakable and authentic influence of the Neapolitan "father of piano playing," Domenico Scarlatti. There are other fundamental founts of piano lore and there are some side lines.
3It was my endeavor recently to trace the modern style of piano playing to its first stages of development, and to connect the ends of the genealogical threads to which these investigations lead.
4Below is the result of some work along these lines. It will serve to start you in your own search if you like the subject. Be warned, however, not to attempt the hunt if you value your peace of mind. I have never before been able to understand numismatists and philatelists. I understand them now.
5The outline table of pianists and their musical offspring is appended herewith:
6*Bach (1)—Homilius, Kittel, Kirnberger, C. P. E. Bach, Heuschkel.
7Homilius (2)—A. Hiller.
8Kittel (2)—Rinck, Fischer.
9Kirnberger (2)—Steibelt.
10C. P. E. Bach (2)—Dussek.
11Heuschkel (2)—Weber.
12Logier (2)—Wieck.
13A. Hiller (3)—Neefe.
14Rinck (3)—Hallé.
15Fischer (3)—Agthe.
16Neefe (4)—Beethoven, Elsner.
17Hallé (4)—Gottschalk, Madeline Schiller.
18Agthe (4)—Plaidy, Mertke.
19Beethoven (5)—Czerny, Halm, Tomaschek.
20Elsner (5)—Chopin.
21Gottschalk (5)—Carreño.
22Madeline Schiller (5)—William C. Carl.
23Plaidy (5)—F. Ziegfeld, Rudorff, von Wilm, B. Zwintscher, Hegar.
24Czerny (6)—Liszt, C. F. Pietsch, Reinecke, Dachs, Door, F. Kullak, Leschetizky, Lacombe, de Meyer.
25Halm (6)—Fischoff, Epstein, Heller.
26Tomaschek (6)—A. Dreyschock, Schulhoff, Kuhe.
27Chopin (6)—Goldschmidt, Wolff, Gutmann, Mathias, Lysberg, Leybach, Mikuli, A. Rée.
28Carreño (6)—MacDowell.
29Rudorff (6)—N. Janotha.
30Hegar (6)—W. Rehberg.
31Liszt (7)—D'Albert, Bärmann, Backer-Gröndahl, Freund, Tausig, Pruckner, Smetana, Bendel, Bendix, Pabst, M. Bürger, Pinner, Mason, E. Liebling, van de Sandt, Bülow, Bird, D. Petersen, Dayas, Burmeister, Draeseke, Friedheim, R. Hoffman, Th. Ritter, Jadasohn, A. Lambert, B. J. Lang, Klindworth, Korbay, Mehlig, Mills, Reisenauer, Fabian, Mansfeld, G. Satter, Fichtner, Stavenhagen, Rosenthal, Sgambati, Sherwood, Sormann, O. Singer, Sternberg, Aus der Ohe, Schwartz, Weingartner, Zarembski, Zichy, Menter, Sauer, Siloti, Klahre.
32C. F. Pietsch (7)—Dr. W. Mayer.
33Reinecke (7)—Algernon Ashton, M. L. Bailey, Petersilea, Maas, Chadwick, Bruch, F. Davies, A. Eibenschütz, Hans Huber, Krug, W. Thern Krause, Vogrich, Kleinmichel, C. V. Stanford, Wollenhaupt.
34Dachs (7)—Pachmann, I. Eibenschütz, Rosenhain.
35Door (7)—Schönberger.
36* Numerals are placed opposite the names in the list to prevent confusion of contemporaneous generations.
37F. Kullak (7)—N. Rubinstein, L. E. Bach, Bischoff, A. R. Parsons, E. B. Perry, Erika Lie, H. von Bronsart, I. von Bronsart, Amy Fay, X. Scharwenka, Grünfeld, Hyllested, F. Kullak, Kwast, Tappert, Moszkowski, Neitzel, Neupert, Pirani.
38Leschetizky (7)—Paderewski, Bloomfield Zeisler, Essipoff, Hopekirk, Schnabel, Gabrilowitsch, Hambourg, Szalit, Sieveking, Benois, L. Rée, Durno, Wienszkowska, Stepanoff.
39Epstein (7)—I. Brüll.
40Heller (7)—I. Phillip.
41Mathias (7)—Falcke, Chevillard.
42MacDowell (7)—Hadden-Alexander.
43D'Albert (8)—Dohnányi.
44Tausig (8)—Barth, Joseffy, Remmert, Werkenthin, Raif, Beringer.
45Bendel (8)—S. G. Pratt, Bowman.
46Bülow (8)—Fuchs, Bökelmann, Buonamici, Hamerik, Laland, H. Scholtz, da Motta, R. Niemann.
47Th. Ritter (8)—J. G. Huneker.
48A. Lambert (8)—Jessie Shay, Florence Terrel.
49Klindworth (8)—Nevin, Dawson.
50Mansfeldt (8)—Alma Stencel.
51Rosenthal (8)—J. Friedberger, Breitenfeldt.
52Sherwood (8)—Whiting.
53Pruckner (8)—M. Wurm.
54Menter (8)—Sapellnikoff.
55Siloti (8)—Rachmaninoff.
56Dr. W. Mayer (8)—Busoni.
57Hans Huber (8)—Otto Hegner.
58Pachmann (8)—Okey, Zudie Harris.
59Rosenhain (8)—Gernsheim.
60X. Scharwenka (8)—Geselschap, A. Hochmann.
61M. Moszkowski (8)—W. G. Smith.
62Neupert (8)—Schytte.
63Paderewski (8)—Schelling, Stojowski, Szumowska.
64Bloomfield Zeisler (8)—Wells.
65Barth (9)—Bohmann, Brockway.
66Joseffy (9)—Mildenberg.
67Busoni (9)—Cottlow.
68Kalkbrenner (4)—Saint-Saëns, Blahatka, Dupont, Silas, Stamaty.
69Field (4)—C. Mayer, de Kontski.
70L. Berger (4)—Loeschhorn, Mendelssohn.
71J. B. Cramer (4)—Onslow.
72G. A. Krebs (4)—Marie Krebs.
73Marxsen (4)—Brahms.
74Henselt (4)—Ehrlich.
75F. Hiller (4)—Dulcken, Heymann.
76Schoberleher (4)—Dargomyszky.
77Thalberg (4)—Cesi, A. Goddard, Mattei.
78Von Bocklet (4)—Köhler.
79Benedict (4)—Doehler.
80Montag (4)—Faelten.
81Litoff (5)—Goldbeck, Wrede.
82Brassin (5)—Blockx, de Greef, Rummel, Karganoff.
83Saint-Saëns (5)—Godowsky.
84C. Mayer (5)—Glinka.
85De Kontski (5)—Hackh.
86Mendelssohn (5)—Fanny Hensel, Taubert, Kufferath, W. S. Bennett, Ehler.
87Loeschhorn (5)—C. Eddy, F. G. Gleason, Eichberg.
88Cesi (5)—Martucci.
89Ehrlich (5)—Janko, F. Dreyschock.
90Köhler (5)—Spicker.
91Glinka (6)—Villoing.
92Kufferath (6)—Bungert.
93Taubert (6)—Fesca, Genss.
94Ehler (6)—Jensen.
95Villoing (7)—Rubinstein.
96Rubinstein (8)—Tschaikowsky, Jedliczka, Jonás, J. Hofmann.
97Now if we know that Bach was a pupil of Johannes Caspar Kerl, and that both Kerl and A. Scarlatti were pupils of Carissimi in Rome, then it is an easy matter to join the two ends, the two opposites, the German and the Italian schools.
98About Carissimi the shades of antiquity have closed. He is said to have been born in Marino, near Rome, about 1604. He died in Rome, 1674, as maestro di capella of the Church of San Apollinaire.
99In conclusion, a hint that this is not intended to be a complete list of all the pianists ever born. Only the main musical family trees have been followed. Corrections are probably in order. Where a pianist had two or more teachers, only one has been given.
100LEONARD LIEBLING.
101Now we will leave the German, Bach, and his school, and start in full cry after the Italian, Scarlatti:
102A. Scarlatti (1)—D. Scarlatti. Porpora, Durante, Leo, Hasse.
103Porpora (2)—Paradies, J Haydn.
104Durante (2)—Sacchini.
105J. Haydn (3)—Pleyel, Neukomm, C. Pleyel.
106Sacchini (3)—Catel.
107Neukomm (4)—W. A. Mozart, Jr.
108Catel (4)—Dourlen.
109W. A. Mozart, Jr. (5)—Pauer.
110Dourlen (5)—Le Couppey, Herz, Marmontel.
111Pauer (6)—Scholtz.
112Le Couppey (6)—Chaminade.
113Herz (6)—Jael, J. Blumenthal, Rosellen.
114Marmontel (6)—Paladilhe, Pierné, Planté, Dièmer, Risler, Dubois, Lavalée, Ketten, Lack, J. Wieniawski, Pugno, Ketterer, Bizet, Duvernoy, Guiraud, B. Marx, Roger-Miclos.
115Martini, a disciple of Scarlatti and his system, next claims our attention:
116Martini (1)—Broche, Vogler, Buroni, Mozart.
117Broche (2)—Boieldieu.
118Vogler (2)—Dionys Weber, W. F. Pixis.
119Buroni (2)—Clementi.
120Mozart (2)—Seyfriedt, Hummel, Pollini.
121Boieldieu (3)—Zimmermann.
122D. Weber (3)—Moscheles.
123W. F. Pixis (3)—J. P. Pixis.
124Clementi (3)—Kalkbrenner, Field, L. Berger, Meyerbeer, J. B. Cramer.
125Seyfriedt (3)—G. A. Krebs, Marxsen.
126Hummel (3)—Henselt, F. Hiller, Dietz, Schoberleher, Thalberg, Sir J. Benedict, Montag, Scharfenberg, Willmers, von Bocklet.
127Zimmermann (4)—Alkan, Lefébvre-Wely, Prudent, Ravina, Lacombe, Dejazet, C. Franck, Goria.
128Moscheles (4)—Perabo, Litoff, Grieg, Brassin, L. Thern, Henschel, Ascher, Dannreuther.
129From the Lankow Studios.
130THE following cablegram was received by the New York Staats-Zeitung:
131BERLIN, February 20, 1903.
132"A great artistic success and a social event was the concert given by S. P. Veron and Andreas Schneider. It was not only a brilliant, artistic success, but also a social event of the first class. The concert was given as they are arranged in the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. There were many patronesses, among them Mrs. Frank H. Mason, Mrs. Cleves Symmens and Mrs. McFadden."
133Both artists received their training in the studio of Mme. Anna Lankow in New York.
134White House Music.
135ON Tuesday evening the Arion and Liederkranz singing societies, of New York, gave a concert for President and Mrs. Roosevelt and their guests in Washington. The soloists were Madame Schumann-Heink and Richard Burmeister.
136Emile Sauret Coming.
137THE cable this week announced that Emile Sauret, the distinguished violinist, was coming to the United States next autumn to accept the directorship of the violin department in Dr. Florence Ziegfeld's College of Music in Chicago.
138DELMA-HEIDE
139TENOR SINGER AND TEACHER,
140WILL REMAIN IN ITALY ANOTHER YEAR.
141Address care The Musical Courier; or, Corso Venezia 65, Milan, Italy.
142Mme. TECLA VIGNA
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144222 West Fourth Street, – Cincinnati, Ohio.
145SUMMER TERM:
146From middle of June to end of July.
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