Alexander Lambert

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

Alexander Lambert
Lambert in 1916
Born(1863-11-01)November 1, 1863
Warsaw, Poland
DiedDecember 31, 1929(1929-12-31) (aged 66)
Manhattan, United States
Occupation(s)Pianist, music 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.[2] His book, Piano Method for Beginners, was published by G. Schirmer.[2]

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, equivalent to $4,900,000 in 2022, 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.[3]

References
  1. "Lambert, Alexander", in Who's Who in America (1901–1902 edition); via archive.org
  2. "Alexander Lambert left $273,457 Estate. Musician Gave Relics to Public Library". The New York Times. January 9, 1931. p. 20. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
  3. "Lambert Funeral Today – Heifetz and Hofmann to Play Duets at Services for Pianist". The New York Times. January 2, 1930. p. 20. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
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