David Maurice Levett
David Maurice Levett (1844–1914) was an American composer.
Levett was born in New York City. He studied music in New York, Germany, and France, and graduated from the Leipzig Conservatory in 1871. During his time at Leipzig, he studied under Ignaz Moscheles, Oscar Paul, Robert Papperitz, Louis Plaidy, Karl Reinecke and Ernst Richter.[1]
He taught from 1876 in New Brunswick, NJ, Jacksonville, Ill., and Chicago, settling in New York in 1885. After 1900 he taught at the College of Music. In 1898–1900 he was in the faculty of the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. He composed several symphonic poems including Harlequinade and Memories, a romance and a serenade for violin and piano.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Schmidt, John C. "Levett, David Maurice". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.a2083989. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
At eighteen he went to Germany and enrolled in the Leipzig Conservatory, studying with Louis Plaidy, Ignaz Moscheles, Karl Reinecke, E.F. Richter, Robert Papperitz, and Oscar Paul.
- ^ Saerchinger, César (1918). International Who's who in Music and Musical Gazetteer: A Contemporary Biographical Dictionary and a Record of the World's Musical Activity. Current Literature Publishing Company. p. 371.
Levett, David Maurice: Composer; b. New York, Jan. 1, 1844; ... Comp.: "Harlequinade" and "Memories," symphonic poems f. orch.; Romance and Serenade, in Italian style, f. vln. and piano; other works f. orch., piano and voice.