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Alexander Lipsky was an influential teacher as well as composer and arranger born in Poland in 1901. He attended Columbia University and studied composition and theory with Daniel Gregory Mason, Frank Ward and Franz Schreker. He was a student of piano under the tutelage of Leonid Kreutzer. In 1921, he was awarded the Clarence Barker Fellowship at Columbia through which he studied in Berlin from 1922-1924. Up through the 1940's, he composed concertos, songs, sonatas and pieces for piano. He also became a highly regarded teacher of music, and one of his students was Carol Moore Klooster.

Sources:

Who is Who in Music: 1941 Edition. Chicago: Lee Stern Press, 1940.

From the guide to the Brody/Klooster Performance Practice Collection, ca. 1930-1970, (© 2012 Fales Library and Special Collections)

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creatorOf Brody, Elaine. Musicians' letters collected by Dr. Elaine Brody, 1854-1951. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Brody/Klooster Performance Practice Collection, ca. 1930-1970 Fales Library & Special Collections
referencedIn Brody Klooster performance practice collection, ca. 1930 - ca. 1970. New-York Historical Society
creatorOf Brody, Elaine. The role of the piano in the German Lied. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Musicians' letters collected by Dr. Elaine Brody, 1854-1951 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
creatorOf Brody, Elaine. Correspondence with American Musicological Society, 1987. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
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