Alexander Lambert Explained

Alexander Lambert
Birth Date:1 November 1863
Birth Place:Warsaw, Poland
Death Place:Manhattan, United States
Occupation:Pianist, music teacher

Alexander Lambert (November 1, 1863 – December 31, 1929) was a pianist and a piano teacher.

Biography

He was born on November 1, 1863, in Warsaw, Poland, to Henry Lambert.

He graduated from the Vienna Conservatory of Music in 1878.[1]

After moving to New York, he was faculty of New York College of Music. His students included Jerome Kern, Alfred Newman, Anita Socola Specht, and Fannie Morris Spencer. He also taught at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. His book, Piano Method for Beginners, was published by G. Schirmer.

He died on New Year's Eve 1929 in Manhattan when he was struck and killed by a taxicab driver.[2] He left an estate with a net value of $273,457,, and was buried in Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn.[3] The pallbearers at his funeral included Walter Damrosch, Daniel Frohman, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Artur Bodanzky, Walter W. Naumburg, Efrem Zimbalist, and Jascha Heifetz and Josef Hofmann who also played music.

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Notes and References

  1. https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica02marq/page/657/mode/2up "Lambert, Alexander"
  2. News: Alexander Lambert left $273,457 Estate. Musician Gave Relics to Public Library. The New York Times. January 9, 1931. 20. 2015-03-18.
  3. News: Lambert Funeral Today – Heifetz and Hofmann to Play Duets at Services for Pianist. 5 July 2016. The New York Times. January 2, 1930. 20.