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Charles Hambitzer
American composer and pianist
Charles Hambitzer (1878 or 1881 – 1918) was an American composer, pianist and teacher.
He is noted for having been a teacher of George Gershwin.
Biography
Hambitzer was born into a musical family in Beloit, Wisconsin. The year of his birth is variously given as either 1878 or 1881.
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His great-grandfather was a violinist in the Russian royal court and his father owned a music store in Milwaukee. He studied with Julius Albert Jahn and Hugo Kahn after which he played in the orchestra of the Arthur Friend Stock Company.
He taught piano, violin, and cello at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. In 1908, he moved to New York City where he joined the Waldorf–Astoria Orchestra, usually appearing as piano soloist.
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During that time he lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where he wrote music and opened a music school. Among his most notable pupils was George Gershwin, who became one of America's leading composers. In 1914, Hambi