Clara Lichtenstein Explained

Clara Lichtenstein
Birth Date:October 21, 1863
Birth Place:Budapest
Death Date:May 3, 1946
Death Place:Swanage, Dorset, England
Occupation:Music educator, pianist

Clara Lichtenstein (October 21, 1863  - May 3, 1946) was a Hungarian-born pianist and educator.

Early life

Lichtenstein was born in Budapest in 1863.[1] Her maternal grandfather was the German singer, and her uncle was the artist Leonhard Gey.[2]

She studied at the Charlotte Square Institution in Edinburgh, where her uncle George Lichtenstein was a director.[3] In 1880, she performed piano duets with Sir Charles Hallé.[4] She continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in Vienna; she is said to have also studied with Liszt around this time.

Career

Following her uncle's death, Lichtenstein became principal of the Charlotte Square Institution. In 1898, she became a member of the Royal Society of Musicians. In 1899,[5] she was invited by Lord Strathcona to organize a music department at the Royal Victoria College (later McGill University) in Montreal.[6] In 1904,[7] she became vice-director and head of staff of the new McGill Conservatorium of Music.[8] She taught piano, voice, music history and music theory until 1929.[9] [10] She also gave public lectures in Montreal.[11]

Her students included Pauline Donalda,[12] Ellen Ballon,[13] Maud Allan,[14] Marguerita Spencer, jazz pianist Max Chamitov,[15] and bass singer Edmund Burke.

Personal life and legacy

Lichtenstein retired to England in 1929, and died in Swanage, Dorset, in 1946, in her eighties. Clara Lichtenstein Hall, a small performance hall at McGill University, was named in her honour.[16] In 1979, as part of the conservatory's 80th anniversary events, pianist Janet Schmalfeldt gave a recital in memory of Clara Lichtenstein, featuring works by Bach, Schubert, Schumann, and Liszt.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Annual Report. 1943. 107. en.
  2. News: McLean. Eric. January 12, 1980. Clara Brought Touch of Class to Montreal. 66. The Gazette. 2020-06-23. Newspapers.com.
  3. Book: Leonard, John William. Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. 1914. American Commonwealth Company. 490–491. en.
  4. December 4, 1880. Edinburgh. The Musical Standard. 354.
  5. News: 1899-10-19. Think Highly of Her. 5. The Gazette. 2020-06-23. Newspapers.com.
  6. Book: Stubley, Eleanor. Compositional Crossroads: Music, Mcgill, Montreal. 2008. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. 978-0-7735-7504-2. 335. en.
  7. News: 1904-03-12. Breaks Old Rules. 9. The Gazette. 2020-06-23. Newspapers.com.
  8. Web site: McGill Conservatory. 2020-06-23. Ministère de l'Éducation et de l'Enseignement supérieur. en.
  9. Turbide, Nadia (2013). Encyclopedia: Lichtenstein, Clara. The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  10. News: 1946-05-04. Miss C. Lichtenstein, Franz Liszt Pupil, Dies. 14. The Gazette. 2020-06-23. Newspapers.com.
  11. News: 1901-03-05. Art Association of Montreal. 7. The Gazette. 2020-06-23. Newspapers.com.
  12. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/virtual-gramophone/Pages/pauline-donalda-bio.aspx?wbdisable=true Pauline Lightstone Donalda, soprano, voice teacher and administrator (1882-1970)
  13. Web site: Ellen Ballon fonds, Dalhousie University. 2020-06-23. MemoryNS.
  14. Book: Forster, Merna. 100 More Canadian Heroines: Famous and Forgotten Faces. 2011-09-07. Dundurn. 978-1-4597-0085-7. 32. en.
  15. News: 1957-07-13. From Classical to Jazz. 25. The Gazette. 2020-06-23. Newspapers.com.
  16. Web site: Clara Lichtenstein Hall. 2020-06-23. Music, McGill University. en.
  17. News: 1979-12-14. McGill Memo. 3. The Gazette. 2020-06-23. Newspapers.com.

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