Jean Paul Kürsteiner
| Jean Paul Kürsteiner | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 8, 1864 Catskill, New York |
| Died | March 19, 1943 (aged 78) Los Angeles, California |
| Occupations | Piano Teacher, Music Publisher, and Composer |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 1910–1930 |
Jean Paul Kürsteiner (July 8, 1864 in Catskill, New York – March 19, 1943 in Los Angeles, California) was an American pianist, pedagogue, music publisher, and composer of piano pieces and art songs.
Kürsteiner was the son of a French-Swiss father (August Kürsteiner) and an American mother (Jeannie Taylor Woodruff Kürsteiner). His early education was in New York, then he studied music in Leipzig, including composition with Salomon Jadassohn and Richard Hofmann and piano with Johannes Wiedenbach and Robert Teichmüller. He returned to the United States in 1893, settled in New York City and was appointed to the piano and music theory faculty of the Ogontz School for Girls in Philadelphia. He held that position until 1930. Between 1896 and 1906 he also created, developed, and directed a program of piano study at The Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Kürsteiner founded a music publishing house in New York called Kürsteiner & Rice, and published much of his own music there. The "silent" partner in the firm may have been the operatic tenor Leon Louis Rice. The singer was known to have performed Kürsteiner's songs on tour, and some of the songs were written for or dedicated to him.
On July 21, 1901, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Kürsteiner married Myrta French, an operatic soprano. In 1938 the Kursteiners moved to Los Angeles, California, where he lived the last years of his life.
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