Heinrich Gebhard (July 25, 1878 – 1963) was a German-American pianist and piano teacher. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common German Americans ( German: Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States of Ethnic German ancestry A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra
Gebhard was born in Sobernheim, Germany, but moved at the age of 10 with his parents to Boston in the United States, where he studied piano and composition with Clayton Johns until 1895. Bad Sobernheim is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He went to Vienna for four years, where he studied under Theodor Leschetizky, and returned to Boston in 1899. Teodor Leszetycki (mostly referred to by the germanised name used by himself Theodor Leschetizky, 22 June 1830 &ndash 14 November 1915 was a Polish He made his piano debut in 1900 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based at Symphony Hall in Boston Massachusetts, USA He went on to a lengthy career as one of the better-known American pianists of the early 20th century. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Later in his career, he became a music teacher, and taught a number of other famous pianists, most notably Leonard Bernstein. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes The composer Alan Hovhaness also studied with him. Alan Hovhaness (Ալան Հովհանես ( March 8, 1911 &ndash June 21, 2000) was an American Composer of Armenian
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- "Gebhard, Heinrich". Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (3rd edition). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians is a major Biographical dictionary of Musicians The first edition of Baker's, under the title (1919). Ed. Theodore Baker and Alfred Remy. p. 301.
- Laird, Paul R. (2002). Paul R Laird (b October 22 1958 is an American musicologist originally born in Louisville Kentucky. Leonard Bernstein: A Guide to Research. Routledge, p. 78. ISBN 0815335172.