Georg Liebling
German musician
Died when: 81 years 16 days (972 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Georg Liebling (22 January 1865–7 February 1946) was a German pianist and composer.Part of the Liebling family of musicians, he had an active international career as a concert pianist and accompanist from the 1880s into the 1920s.
He also worked as a piano teacher for most of his life, beginning that occupation at the age of 16 and continuing up until his death more than 50 years later.
He taught on the faculties of the Kullack Conservatory in Berlin (1881-1889), the Guildhall School of Music in London (1898-1906), and the Hollywood Conservatory of Music in the early 1930s in addition to teaching privately in Berlin, Munich, and New York City.
As a composer, his salon compositions are noteworthy, especially the Air de Ballet and Romance; a gavotte, and the vocal Lieblingswalzer.
Also notable is his 1908 opera Die heilige Katharina.
