20 Facts About Hugo Leichtentritt

Hugo Leichtentritt was a German-Jewish musicologist and composer who spent much of his life in the USA.

Hugo Leichtentritt's pupils include composers Leroy Robertson and Erich Walter Sternberg.

Hugo Leichtentritt's German father, Gerson Leichtentritt, was a successful distillery owner.

In 1889, Gerson Hugo Leichtentritt lost most of the family fortune.

Hugo Leichtentritt briefly attended secondary school in Somerville, Massachusetts, before attending Harvard University.

At age 16, Hugo Leichtentritt attended Harvard from 1890 - 1894.

Hugo Leichtentritt was the German correspondent of the Musical Courier and The Musical Times.

Hugo Leichtentritt mainly focused on musicology, producing many articles and books ranging from history and form to Chopin.

Wary of growing antisemitism in Germany, Hugo Leichtentritt sent his resume to Harvard, Columbia, Juilliard, Curtis, and Chicago College of Music.

Several German professors, such as Hugo Leichtentritt, who have left their native land for obvious reasons, are now giving instruction there.

Hugo Leichtentritt edited Oscar Thompson's The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians, wrote for The Musical Quarterly, and had four books published by the Harvard University Press.

Hugo Leichtentritt started to write about his own accounts, but the result turned into an autobiography.

Hugo Leichtentritt died in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1951 at age 77.

Two of Hugo Leichtentritt's works were more famous than any of his others: Music, History, and Ideas and Music of the Western Nations.

Hugo Leichtentritt's works include a comic opera Die Sizilianer, concertos, song cycles, piano and chamber music, and a symphony.

Hugo Leichtentritt's pieces enjoyed a measure of success in Germany, although many cannot be found.

Hugo Leichtentritt was a good friend of Ferruccio Busoni and Max Reger.

Hugo Leichtentritt had numerous pupils during his time teaching in Berlin and at Harvard.

Hugo Leichtentritt had some, but little work as a music critic, and his strong opinions and emotions hurt his reputation as a musicologist.

Hugo Leichtentritt's compositions saw similar failures, failing to gain acceptance and greatly disappointing him.