James Kwast
Jacob James Kwast (born November 23, 1852 in Nijkerk ( Netherlands ), † October 31, 1927 in Berlin ) was a Dutch-German pianist and music teacher .
Life
James Kwast taught piano at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main , later also at the Stern Conservatory and from 1902 to 1905 at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin.
His first marriage was to Tony Hiller, a daughter of the composer Ferdinand Hiller . Kwast's daughter Mimi Kwast (1879–1926) married the composer Hans Pfitzner in 1899 , who was a student of James Kwast at the Frankfurt Conservatory from 1886 to 1890.
James Kwast married the pianist and Reger student Frieda Hodapp (1880–1949) for the second time .
He carried the Order for Art and Science of Mecklenburg-Strelitz .
student
- 1886–1890: Hans Pfitzner
- 1905–1908: Ilse Fromm-Michaels
- from 1909: Eduard Zuckmayer
- 1917–1923: Julius Herford (* 1901 as Julius Goldstein; † 1981)
- Walter Braunfels
- Percy Grainger
- Otto Klemperer
- Walter Burle Marx
literature
- Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Kwast, James. 12th completely revised edition. 1st - 3rd Person section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1959, p. 985 (first edition: 1882).
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kwast, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kwast, Jacob James (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch-German pianist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nijkerk , Netherlands |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1927 |
| Place of death | Berlin |