Piano-pedagogy lineage

A teacher–student lineage

Rebecca Hammer and the line behind her

Eighteen generations of piano teaching, drawn by hand in 2010 and researched outwards ever since. Her line runs back through Rachmaninoff and Taneyev to Bach, Pachelbel and the sixteenth century. 202 people, 264 relationships, one connected graph.

Rebecca Hammer · 1989– · generation 17 of 17

The whole lineage as text

202 people across 18 generations. Listed from the present back to the earliest recorded teacher. Each person is followed by their teachers and students.

  1. Generation 17 — 1 person

    1. Rebecca Hammer — 1989–, American. Taught by Jody Graves, Marilyn Brossard, Frances Hildebrand.

  2. Generation 16 — 1 person

    1. Frances Hildebrand — 1938–, American. Taught by Gerrit Vander Mei, Ethel Davis, Bernice Burklich, Wayland Redden. Students: Rebecca Hammer.

  3. Generation 15 — 1 person

    1. Gerrit Vander Mei — ?–1981, Dutch/American. Taught by Ruth Slenczynska. Students: Frances Hildebrand.

  4. Generation 14 — 1 person

    1. Ruth Slenczynska — 1925–2026, American. Taught by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Artur Schnabel, Alfred Cortot, Josef Hofmann, Egon Petri. Students: Gerrit Vander Mei.

  5. Generation 13 — 1 person

    1. Sergei Rachmaninoff — 1873–1943, Russian. Taught by Alexander Siloti, Anna Ornatskaya, Sergei Taneyev, Nikolai Zverev. Students: Ruth Slenczynska.

  6. Generation 12 — 2 people

    1. Jody Graves — 1959–, American. Taught by Margaret Saunders Ott, Bela Nagy, Natalya Antonova, David Rostkoski, Nelita True. Students: Rebecca Hammer.
    2. Alexander Siloti — 1863–1945, Russian. Taught by Franz Liszt, Nikolai Rubinstein, Sergei Taneyev, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Zverev. Students: Sergei Rachmaninoff.

  7. Generation 11 — 6 people

    1. Margaret Saunders Ott — ?–?. Taught by Augusta Gentsch, Olga Samaroff, Moriz Rosenthal. Students: Jody Graves.
    2. Marilyn Brossard — ?–?. Taught by Ford Hill, Mabel Muriel Cloud. Students: Rebecca Hammer.
    3. Josef Hofmann — 1876–1957, Polish/American. Taught by Anton Rubinstein, Moritz Moszkowski. Students: Ruth Slenczynska.
    4. Sergei Taneyev — 1856–1915, Russian. Taught by Nikolai Rubinstein, Eduard Langer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Students: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Siloti.
    5. Nelita True — 1936–2021. Taught by Nadia Boulanger, Sascha Gorodnitzki, Leon Fleisher. Students: Jody Graves.
    6. Egon Petri — 1881–1962, German/Dutch. Taught by Richard Buchmayer, Ferruccio Busoni, Teresa Carreño. Students: Ruth Slenczynska.

  8. Generation 10 — 8 people

    1. Moriz Rosenthal — 1862–1946. Taught by Rafael Joseffy. Students: Margaret Saunders Ott.
    2. Bela Nagy — ?–?. Taught by Ernst von Dohnányi. Students: Jody Graves.
    3. Mabel Muriel Cloud — ?–?. Taught by Rudolph Ganz. Students: Marilyn Brossard.
    4. Moritz Moszkowski — 1854–1925, Polish/German. Taught by Theodor Kullak. Students: Josef Hofmann.
    5. Nikolai Rubinstein — 1835–1881, Russian. Taught by Theodor Kullak, Kaleria Khristoforovna Rubinstein, née Klara Löwenstein, Alexandre Villoing. Students: Alexander Siloti, Sergei Taneyev.
    6. Leon Fleisher — 1928–2020. Taught by Artur Schnabel, Maria Curcio. Students: Nelita True.
    7. Sascha Gorodnitzki — 1904–1986. Taught by Josef Lhévinne. Students: Nelita True.
    8. Teresa Carreño — 1853–1917, Venezuelan. Taught by Manuel Antonio Carreño, Louis Moreau Gottschalk. Students: Egon Petri.

  9. Generation 9 — 12 people

    1. Anna Ornatskaya — ?–?, Russian. Taught by Gustav Gustavovich Kross (Gustav Eugen Alexander von Kross). Students: Sergei Rachmaninoff.
    2. Rafael Joseffy — 1853–1915. Taught by Franz Liszt, Carl Tausig. Students: Moriz Rosenthal.
    3. Béla Bartók — 1881–1945. Taught by István Thomán.
    4. Ernst von Dohnányi — 1877–1960. Taught by István Thomán, Eugen d'Albert. Students: Bela Nagy.
    5. Rudolph Ganz — 1877–1972. Taught by Fritz Blummer. Students: Mabel Muriel Cloud.
    6. Olga Samaroff — 1880–1948. Taught by Ludovic Breitner. Students: Margaret Saunders Ott.
    7. Theodor Kullak — 1818–1882, German. Taught by Carl Czerny, Albrecht Agthe, Simon Sechter, Wilhelm Taubert. Students: Nikolai Rubinstein, Moritz Moszkowski.
    8. Maria Curcio — 1918–2009. Taught by Nadia Boulanger, Artur Schnabel. Students: Leon Fleisher.
    9. Josef Lhévinne — 1874–1944. Taught by Vasily Safonov. Students: Sascha Gorodnitzki.
    10. Alfred Cortot — 1877–1962, French/Swiss. Taught by Émile Decombes, Louis Diémer. Students: Ruth Slenczynska.
    11. Louis Moreau Gottschalk — 1829–1869, American. Taught by Sir Charles Hallé, Narcisse Letellier, Camille-Marie Stamaty. Students: Teresa Carreño.
    12. Ferruccio Busoni — 1866–1924, Italian. Taught by Wilhelm Kienzl, Wilhelm Mayer, Hans Schmitt, Anna Weiss. Students: Egon Petri.

  10. Generation 8 — 15 people

    1. Gustav Gustavovich Kross (Gustav Eugen Alexander von Kross) — 1831–1885. Taught by Anton Rubinstein, Adolf von Henselt. Students: Anna Ornatskaya.
    2. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — 1840–1893, Russian. Taught by Anton Rubinstein, Franz Becker, Rudolf Kündinger, Maria Palchikova, Nikolai Zaremba. Students: Alexander Siloti, Sergei Taneyev.
    3. Carl Tausig — 1841–1871. Taught by Franz Liszt. Students: Rafael Joseffy.
    4. István Thomán — 1862–1940. Taught by Franz Liszt. Students: Béla Bartók, Ernst von Dohnányi.
    5. Eugen d'Albert — 1864–1932. Taught by Franz Liszt. Students: Ernst von Dohnányi.
    6. Augusta Gentsch — ?–?. Taught by Franz Liszt. Students: Margaret Saunders Ott.
    7. Fritz Blummer — ?–?. Taught by Franz Liszt. Students: Rudolph Ganz.
    8. Albrecht Agthe — 1790–1873, German. Taught by Michael Gotthard Fischer. Students: Theodor Kullak.
    9. Ludovic Breitner — ?–?. Taught by Franz Liszt. Students: Olga Samaroff.
    10. Artur Schnabel — 1882–1951, Austrian. Taught by Theodor Leschetizky. Students: Ruth Slenczynska, Leon Fleisher, Maria Curcio.
    11. Vasily Safonov — 1852–1918. Taught by Theodor Leschetizky. Students: Josef Lhévinne.
    12. Louis Diémer — 1843–1919, French. Taught by Antoine-François Marmontel, Ambroise Thomas. Students: Alfred Cortot.
    13. Camille-Marie Stamaty — 1811–1870, French. Taught by Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Charles-Alexandre Fessy, Felix Mendelssohn. Students: Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
    14. Sir Charles Hallé — 1819–1895, German. Taught by George Alexander Osborne, Christian Heinrich Rinck. Students: Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
    15. Wilhelm Kienzl — 1857–1941, Austrian. Taught by Franz Liszt, Johann Buwa, Josef Krejčí, Wilhelm Mayer. Students: Ferruccio Busoni.

  11. Generation 7 — 10 people

    1. Anton Rubinstein — 1829–1894, Russian. Taught by Kaleria Khristoforovna Rubinstein, née Klara Löwenstein, Alexandre Villoing. Students: Gustav Gustavovich Kross (Gustav Eugen Alexander von Kross), Josef Hofmann, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
    2. Franz Liszt — 1811–1886, Hungarian. Taught by Carl Czerny, Antonio Salieri, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Adam Liszt, Anton Reicha. Students: Augusta Gentsch, Fritz Blummer, Alexander Siloti, István Thomán, Eugen d'Albert, Ludovic Breitner, Rafael Joseffy, Carl Tausig, Wilhelm Kienzl.
    3. Theodor Leschetizky — 1830–1915. Taught by Carl Czerny. Students: Vasily Safonov, Artur Schnabel.
    4. Felix Mendelssohn — 1809–1847, German. Taught by Ludwig Berger, Marie Bigot, Ignaz Moscheles. Students: Camille-Marie Stamaty.
    5. Antoine-François Marmontel — 1816–1898, French. Taught by Charles-Valentin Alkan, Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann. Students: Louis Diémer.
    6. Michael Gotthard Fischer — 1773–1829, German. Taught by Johann Christian Kittel. Students: Albrecht Agthe.
    7. Nikolai Zverev — 1833–1893, Russian. Taught by Alexandre Dubuque, Adolf von Henselt. Students: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Siloti.
    8. Christian Heinrich Rinck — 1770–1846, German. Taught by Johann Christian Kittel. Students: Sir Charles Hallé.
    9. Mily Balakirev — 1836–1910, Russian. Taught by Alexandre Dubuque.
    10. Nikolai Zaremba — 1821–1879, Russian. Taught by Anton Gerke, Adolf Bernhard Marx, Johann Benjamin Gross. Students: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

  12. Generation 6 — 12 people

    1. Wilhelm Taubert — 1811–1891, German. Taught by Ludwig Berger. Students: Theodor Kullak.
    2. Marie Bigot — 1786–1820, French. Taught by Luigi Cherubini, Daniel-François-Esprit Auber. Students: Felix Mendelssohn.
    3. Charles-Valentin Alkan — 1813–1888, French. Taught by Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann. Students: Antoine-François Marmontel.
    4. Carl Czerny — 1791–1857, Austrian. Taught by Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonio Salieri, Muzio Clementi, Wenzel Czerny, Johann Nepomuk Hummel. Students: Franz Liszt, Theodor Kullak, Theodor Leschetizky.
    5. Adolf von Henselt — 1814–1889, German. Taught by Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Simon Sechter, Anton Halm. Students: Gustav Gustavovich Kross (Gustav Eugen Alexander von Kross), Nikolai Zverev.
    6. Alexandre Villoing — 1808–1878, French. Taught by John Field. Students: Nikolai Rubinstein, Anton Rubinstein.
    7. Johann Christian Kittel — 1732–1809, German. Taught by Johann Sebastian Bach. Students: Michael Gotthard Fischer, Christian Heinrich Rinck.
    8. Mikhail Glinka — 1804–1857, Russian. Taught by John Field.
    9. Alexandre Dubuque — 1812–1898, French. Taught by John Field. Students: Mily Balakirev, Nikolai Zverev.
    10. Anton Gerke — 1812–1870, Russian. Taught by John Field, Ignaz Moscheles. Students: Nikolai Zaremba.
    11. Eduard Langer — 1835–1905, Russian. Taught by Ignaz Moscheles, Moritz Hauptmann, Julius Rietz. Students: Sergei Taneyev.
    12. Émile Decombes — 1829–1912, French. Taught by Frédéric Chopin. Students: Alfred Cortot.

  13. Generation 5 — 12 people

    1. Ludwig Berger — 1777–1839, German. Taught by Muzio Clementi. Students: Wilhelm Taubert, Felix Mendelssohn.
    2. Daniel-François-Esprit Auber — 1782–1871, French. Taught by Luigi Cherubini, Ignaz Ladurner (Ignaz Anton Ladurner), Jean-Blaise Martin. Students: Marie Bigot.
    3. Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann — 1785–1853, French. Taught by François-Adrien Boieldieu, Luigi Cherubini. Students: Antoine-François Marmontel, Charles-Valentin Alkan.
    4. Ludwig van Beethoven — 1770–1827, German. Taught by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Johann van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, Christian Gottlob Neefe, Tobias Friedrich Pfeiffer, Antonio Salieri. Students: Carl Czerny.
    5. Johann Nepomuk Hummel — 1778–1837, Austrian. Taught by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Joseph Haydn, Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Muzio Clementi. Students: Franz Liszt, Carl Czerny, Adolf von Henselt.
    6. John Field — 1782–1837, Irish. Taught by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Muzio Clementi, Tommaso Giordani. Students: Alexandre Villoing, Alexandre Dubuque, Mikhail Glinka, Anton Gerke.
    7. Johann Sebastian Bach — 1685–1750, German. Taught by Johann Ambrosius Bach, Johann Christoph Bach (1645–1693), Johann Christoph Bach (1671–1721). Students: Johann Christian Kittel.
    8. Anton Reicha — 1770–1836, Bohemian/French. Taught by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Christian Gottlob Neefe, Antonio Salieri, Josef Reicha. Students: Franz Liszt.
    9. Ignaz Moscheles — 1794–1870, Bohemian. Taught by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Antonio Salieri, Bedřich Diviš Weber. Students: Eduard Langer, Felix Mendelssohn, Anton Gerke.
    10. George Alexander Osborne — 1806–1893, English. Taught by Friedrich Kalkbrenner. Students: Sir Charles Hallé.
    11. Ambroise Thomas — 1811–1896, French. Taught by Friedrich Kalkbrenner. Students: Louis Diémer.
    12. Frédéric Chopin — 1810–1849, Polish/French. Taught by Ludwika Chopin (Ludwika Jędrzejewiczowa), Wilhelm Würfel, Józef Elsner, Wojciech Żywny. Students: Émile Decombes.

  14. Generation 4 — 8 people

    1. Luigi Cherubini — 1760–1842, Italian. Taught by Giuseppe Sarti. Students: Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, Marie Bigot, Daniel-François-Esprit Auber.
    2. Muzio Clementi — 1752–1832, Italian/English. Taught by Gaetano Carpani, Giuseppe Santarelli. Students: Carl Czerny, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, John Field, Ludwig Berger.
    3. François-Adrien Boieldieu — 1775–1834, French. Taught by Charles Broche. Students: Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann.
    4. Antonio Salieri — 1750–1825, Italian. Taught by Florian Leopold Gassmann, Giovanni Battista Pescetti, Francesco Salieri, Giuseppe Simoni. Students: Franz Liszt, Carl Czerny, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Anton Reicha, Ignaz Moscheles.
    5. Johann Christoph Bach (1671–1721) — 1671–1721, German. Taught by Johann Pachelbel. Students: Johann Sebastian Bach.
    6. Bedřich Diviš Weber — 1766–1842, Bohemian. Taught by Georg Joseph Vogler. Students: Ignaz Moscheles.
    7. Friedrich Kalkbrenner — 1785–1849, German. Taught by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Joseph Haydn, Louis Adam. Students: Ambroise Thomas, George Alexander Osborne, Camille-Marie Stamaty.
    8. Ludwika Chopin (Ludwika Jędrzejewiczowa) — 1807–1855, Polish. Taught by Wojciech Żywny. Students: Frédéric Chopin.

  15. Generation 3 — 10 people

    1. Giuseppe Sarti — 1729–1802, Italian. Taught by Giovanni Battista Martini. Students: Luigi Cherubini.
    2. Giuseppe Santarelli — 1710–1790, Italian. Taught by Giovanni Battista Martini. Students: Muzio Clementi.
    3. Charles Broche — 1752–1803, French. Taught by Giovanni Battista Martini. Students: François-Adrien Boieldieu.
    4. Florian Leopold Gassmann — 1729–1774, Bohemian. Taught by Giovanni Battista Martini. Students: Antonio Salieri.
    5. Giuseppe Simoni — ?–?, Italian. Taught by Giovanni Battista Martini. Students: Antonio Salieri.
    6. Johann Pachelbel — 1653–1706, German. Taught by Heinrich Schwemmer, Kaspar Prentz. Students: Johann Christoph Bach (1671–1721).
    7. Georg Joseph Vogler — 1749–1814, German. Taught by Giovanni Battista Martini, Francesco Antonio Vallotti. Students: Bedřich Diviš Weber.
    8. Joseph Haydn — 1732–1809, Austrian. Taught by Nicola Porpora, Johann Matthias Frankh, Johann Georg Reutter (the younger). Students: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Friedrich Kalkbrenner.
    9. Wojciech Żywny — 1757–1842, Bohemian. Taught by Jan Křtitel Kuchař. Students: Frédéric Chopin, Ludwika Chopin (Ludwika Jędrzejewiczowa).
    10. Josef Krejčí — 1821–1881, Bohemian. Taught by František Chládek. Students: Wilhelm Kienzl.

  16. Generation 2 — 10 people

    1. Nadia Boulanger — 1887–1979. Taught by Gabriel Fauré. Students: Nelita True, Maria Curcio.
    2. Ford Hill — ?–?. Taught by György Sebők. Students: Marilyn Brossard.
    3. Giovanni Battista Martini — 1706–1784, Italian. Taught by Angelo Predieri. Students: Giuseppe Santarelli, Charles Broche, Giuseppe Sarti, Georg Joseph Vogler, Florian Leopold Gassmann, Giuseppe Simoni.
    4. Christian Gottlob Neefe — 1748–1798, German. Taught by Johann Adam Hiller. Students: Ludwig van Beethoven, Anton Reicha.
    5. Johann Ambrosius Bach — 1645–1695, German. Taught by Christoph Bach. Students: Johann Sebastian Bach.
    6. Heinrich Schwemmer — 1621–1696, German. Taught by Johann Erasmus Kindermann. Students: Johann Pachelbel.
    7. Nicola Porpora — 1686–1768, Italian. Taught by Gaetano Greco. Students: Joseph Haydn.
    8. Wilhelm Würfel — 1790–1832, Bohemian. Taught by Václav Jan Tomášek. Students: Frédéric Chopin.
    9. Jan Křtitel Kuchař — 1751–1829, Bohemian. Taught by Josef Seger. Students: Wojciech Żywny.
    10. František Chládek — ?–?, Bohemian. Taught by Josef Seger. Students: Josef Krejčí.

  17. Generation 1 — 30 people

    1. Giovanni Battista Pescetti — 1704–1766, Italian. Taught by Antonio Lotti. Students: Antonio Salieri.
    2. Johann van Beethoven — 1739–1792, German. Taught by Ludwig van Beethoven the Elder (Ludwig van Beethoven d. Ä., 1712–1773). Students: Ludwig van Beethoven.
    3. Johann Benjamin Gross — 1809–1848, German. Taught by Ferdinand Hansmann. Students: Nikolai Zaremba.
    4. Gabriel Fauré — 1845–1924. Taught by Camille Saint-Saëns, Gustave Lefèvre. Students: Nadia Boulanger.
    5. Józef Elsner — 1769–1854, Polish. Taught by Johann Joseph Matthias Hanisch. Students: Frédéric Chopin.
    6. György Sebők — 1922–1999. Taught by Zoltán Kodály, Leó Weiner. Students: Ford Hill.
    7. Rudolf Kündinger — 1832–1913, German. Taught by Georg Wilhelm Kündinger. Students: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
    8. Simon Sechter — 1788–1867, Austrian. Taught by Johann Maxandt. Students: Theodor Kullak, Adolf von Henselt.
    9. Hans Schmitt — 1835–1907, German. Taught by Josef Dachs. Students: Ferruccio Busoni.
    10. Johann Georg Albrechtsberger — 1736–1809, Austrian. Taught by Joseph Weiss. Students: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Anton Reicha, John Field, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Ignaz Moscheles.
    11. Josef Reicha — 1752–1795, Bohemian. Taught by Franz Joseph Werner. Students: Anton Reicha.
    12. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — 1756–1791, Austrian. Taught by Leopold Mozart. Students: Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
    13. Francesco Salieri — 1741–1826, Italian. Taught by Giuseppe Tartini. Students: Antonio Salieri.
    14. Angelo Predieri — 1655–1731, Italian. Taught by Camillo Cevenini, Agostino Filipucci. Students: Giovanni Battista Martini.
    15. Charles-Alexandre Fessy — 1804–1856, French. Taught by François Benoist. Students: Camille-Marie Stamaty.
    16. Johann Erasmus Kindermann — 1616–1655, German. Taught by Johann Staden. Students: Heinrich Schwemmer.
    17. Johann Adam Hiller — 1728–1804, German. Taught by Gottfried August Homilius. Students: Christian Gottlob Neefe.
    18. Johann Buwa — 1828–1907, Austrian. Taught by Josef Proksch. Students: Wilhelm Kienzl.
    19. Kaspar Prentz — ?–?, German. Taught by Johann Caspar Kerll. Students: Johann Pachelbel.
    20. Julius Rietz — 1812–1877, German. Taught by Carl Friedrich Zelter, Bernhard Romberg, Moritz Ganz (Eduard Moritz Ganz). Students: Eduard Langer.
    21. Christoph Bach — 1613–1661, German. Taught by Johannes (Hans) Bach. Students: Johann Ambrosius Bach.
    22. Gaetano Greco — 1657–1728, Italian. Taught by Giovanni Salvatore, Gennaro Ursino. Students: Nicola Porpora.
    23. Louis Adam — 1758–1848, French. Taught by Jean-Frédéric Edelmann. Students: Friedrich Kalkbrenner.
    24. Moritz Hauptmann — 1792–1868, German. Taught by Franz Lauska (Franz Seraphin Lauska), Francesco Morlacchi, Louis Spohr. Students: Eduard Langer.
    25. Wilhelm Mayer — 1831–1898, Bohemian. Taught by Carl Franz Pitsch. Students: Ferruccio Busoni, Wilhelm Kienzl.
    26. Johann Georg Reutter (the younger) — 1708–1772, Austrian. Taught by Georg Reutter (the elder), Antonio Caldara. Students: Joseph Haydn.
    27. Václav Jan Tomášek — 1774–1850, Bohemian. Taught by Pavel Josef Wolf. Students: Wilhelm Würfel.
    28. Adolf Bernhard Marx — 1795–1866, German. Taught by Daniel Gottlob Türk, Carl Friedrich Zelter. Students: Nikolai Zaremba.
    29. Francesco Antonio Vallotti — 1697–1780, Italian. Taught by Francesco Antonio Calegari. Students: Georg Joseph Vogler.
    30. Josef Seger — 1716–1782, Bohemian. Taught by Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Felix Benda. Students: Jan Křtitel Kuchař, František Chládek.

  18. Generation 0 — 62 people

    1. Richard Buchmayer — 1856–1934, German. No teacher is recorded. Students: Egon Petri.
    2. Johann Joseph Matthias Hanisch — 1764–1802, Bohemian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Józef Elsner.
    3. Antonio Lotti — 1667–1740, Italian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Giovanni Battista Pescetti.
    4. Tobias Friedrich Pfeiffer — ?–?, Austrian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Ludwig van Beethoven.
    5. Georg Wilhelm Kündinger — 1800–1867, German. No teacher is recorded. Students: Rudolf Kündinger.
    6. Gennaro Ursino — 1650–1715, Italian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Gaetano Greco.
    7. Ludwig van Beethoven the Elder (Ludwig van Beethoven d. Ä., 1712–1773) — 1712–1773, German/Dutch. No teacher is recorded. Students: Johann van Beethoven.
    8. Franz Joseph Werner — ?–?, German. No teacher is recorded. Students: Josef Reicha.
    9. Kaleria Khristoforovna Rubinstein, née Klara Löwenstein — 1807–1891, Russian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Nikolai Rubinstein, Anton Rubinstein.
    10. Gustave Lefèvre — 1831–1910, French. No teacher is recorded. Students: Gabriel Fauré.
    11. Franz Lauska (Franz Seraphin Lauska) — 1764–1825, German. No teacher is recorded. Students: Moritz Hauptmann.
    12. Franz Becker — ?–?. No teacher is recorded. Students: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
    13. Leó Weiner — 1885–1960, Hungarian. No teacher is recorded. Students: György Sebők.
    14. Josef Dachs — 1825–1896, Austrian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Hans Schmitt.
    15. Ignaz Ladurner (Ignaz Anton Ladurner) — 1766–1839, Austrian/French. No teacher is recorded. Students: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber.
    16. Leopold Mozart — 1719–1787, Austrian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
    17. Anton Halm — 1789–1872, Austrian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Adolf von Henselt.
    18. Narcisse Letellier — ?–?. No teacher is recorded. Students: Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
    19. Johann Caspar Kerll — 1627–1693, German. No teacher is recorded. Students: Kaspar Prentz.
    20. Johann Maxandt — ?–?, Austrian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Simon Sechter.
    21. Camillo Cevenini — 1607–1676, Italian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Angelo Predieri.
    22. Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský — 1684–1742, Bohemian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Josef Seger.
    23. Josef Proksch — 1794–1864, Bohemian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Johann Buwa.
    24. Ethel Davis — ?–?, American. No teacher is recorded. Students: Frances Hildebrand.
    25. Adam Liszt — 1776–1827, Hungarian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Franz Liszt.
    26. Joseph Weiss — ?–?, Austrian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Johann Georg Albrechtsberger.
    27. Daniel Gottlob Türk — 1750–1813, German. No teacher is recorded. Students: Adolf Bernhard Marx.
    28. Gaetano Carpani — 1692–1785, Italian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Muzio Clementi.
    29. Agostino Filipucci — 1621–1679, Italian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Angelo Predieri.
    30. Francesco Morlacchi — 1784–1841, Italian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Moritz Hauptmann.
    31. Ferdinand Hansmann — 1764–1843, German. No teacher is recorded. Students: Johann Benjamin Gross.
    32. Johann Staden — 1581–1634, German. No teacher is recorded. Students: Johann Erasmus Kindermann.
    33. Bernice Burklich — ?–?, American. No teacher is recorded. Students: Frances Hildebrand.
    34. Gottfried August Homilius — 1714–1785, German. No teacher is recorded. Students: Johann Adam Hiller.
    35. Camille Saint-Saëns — 1835–1921, French. No teacher is recorded. Students: Gabriel Fauré.
    36. Moritz Ganz (Eduard Moritz Ganz) — 1806–1869, German. No teacher is recorded. Students: Julius Rietz.
    37. Natalya Antonova — ?–?. No teacher is recorded. Students: Jody Graves.
    38. Antonio Caldara — 1670–1736, Italian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Johann Georg Reutter (the younger).
    39. Felix Benda — 1708–1768, Bohemian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Josef Seger.
    40. Bernhard Romberg — 1767–1841, German. No teacher is recorded. Students: Julius Rietz.
    41. Tommaso Giordani — 1730–1806, Italian. No teacher is recorded. Students: John Field.
    42. Maria Palchikova — ?–?, Russian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
    43. Manuel Antonio Carreño — 1812–1874, Venezuelan. No teacher is recorded. Students: Teresa Carreño.
    44. François Benoist — 1794–1878, French. No teacher is recorded. Students: Charles-Alexandre Fessy.
    45. David Rostkoski — ?–?. No teacher is recorded. Students: Jody Graves.
    46. Johann Matthias Frankh — ?–?, Austrian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Joseph Haydn.
    47. Giuseppe Tartini — 1692–1770, Italian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Francesco Salieri.
    48. Louis Spohr — 1784–1859, German. No teacher is recorded. Students: Moritz Hauptmann.
    49. Wayland Redden — ?–?, American. No teacher is recorded. Students: Frances Hildebrand.
    50. Johann Christoph Bach (1645–1693) — 1645–1693, German. No teacher is recorded. Students: Johann Sebastian Bach.
    51. Wenzel Czerny — 1752–1832, Bohemian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Carl Czerny.
    52. Georg Reutter (the elder) — 1656–1738, Austrian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Johann Georg Reutter (the younger).
    53. Carl Franz Pitsch — 1786–1858, Bohemian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Wilhelm Mayer.
    54. Jean-Frédéric Edelmann — 1749–1794, French. No teacher is recorded. Students: Louis Adam.
    55. Johannes (Hans) Bach — 1580–1626, German. No teacher is recorded. Students: Christoph Bach.
    56. Giovanni Salvatore — 1611–1688, Italian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Gaetano Greco.
    57. Anna Weiss — 1833–1909, German. No teacher is recorded. Students: Ferruccio Busoni.
    58. Pavel Josef Wolf — ?–?, Bohemian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Václav Jan Tomášek.
    59. Carl Friedrich Zelter — 1758–1832, German. No teacher is recorded. Students: Adolf Bernhard Marx, Julius Rietz.
    60. Jean-Blaise Martin — 1768–1837, French. No teacher is recorded. Students: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber.
    61. Zoltán Kodály — 1882–1967, Hungarian. No teacher is recorded. Students: György Sebők.
    62. Francesco Antonio Calegari — 1656–1742, Italian. No teacher is recorded. Students: Francesco Antonio Vallotti.

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0 62 people

  1. Rebecca Hammer1989– · American
  2. Frances Hildebrand1938– · American
  3. Gerrit Vander Mei?–1981 · Dutch/American
  4. Ruth Slenczynska1925–2026 · American
  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff1873–1943 · Russian
  6. Jody Graves1959– · American
  7. Alexander Siloti1863–1945 · Russian
  8. Margaret Saunders Ott?–?
  9. Marilyn Brossard?–?
  10. Josef Hofmann1876–1957 · Polish/American
  11. Sergei Taneyev1856–1915 · Russian
  12. Nelita True1936–2021
  13. Egon Petri1881–1962 · German/Dutch
  14. Moriz Rosenthal1862–1946
  15. Bela Nagy?–?
  16. Mabel Muriel Cloud?–?
  17. Moritz Moszkowski1854–1925 · Polish/German
  18. Nikolai Rubinstein1835–1881 · Russian
  19. Leon Fleisher1928–2020
  20. Sascha Gorodnitzki1904–1986
  21. Teresa Carreño1853–1917 · Venezuelan
  22. Anna Ornatskaya?–? · Russian
  23. Rafael Joseffy1853–1915
  24. Béla Bartók1881–1945
  25. Ernst von Dohnányi1877–1960
  26. Rudolph Ganz1877–1972
  27. Olga Samaroff1880–1948
  28. Theodor Kullak1818–1882 · German
  29. Maria Curcio1918–2009
  30. Josef Lhévinne1874–1944
  31. Alfred Cortot1877–1962 · French/Swiss
  32. Louis Moreau Gottschalk1829–1869 · American
  33. Ferruccio Busoni1866–1924 · Italian
  34. Gustav Gustavovich Kross (Gustav Eugen Alexander von Kross)1831–1885
  35. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1840–1893 · Russian
  36. Carl Tausig1841–1871
  37. István Thomán1862–1940
  38. Eugen d'Albert1864–1932
  39. Augusta Gentsch?–?
  40. Fritz Blummer?–?
  41. Albrecht Agthe1790–1873 · German
  42. Ludovic Breitner?–?
  43. Artur Schnabel1882–1951 · Austrian
  44. Vasily Safonov1852–1918
  45. Louis Diémer1843–1919 · French
  46. Camille-Marie Stamaty1811–1870 · French
  47. Sir Charles Hallé1819–1895 · German
  48. Wilhelm Kienzl1857–1941 · Austrian
  49. Anton Rubinstein1829–1894 · Russian
  50. Franz Liszt1811–1886 · Hungarian
  51. Theodor Leschetizky1830–1915
  52. Felix Mendelssohn1809–1847 · German
  53. Antoine-François Marmontel1816–1898 · French
  54. Michael Gotthard Fischer1773–1829 · German
  55. Nikolai Zverev1833–1893 · Russian
  56. Christian Heinrich Rinck1770–1846 · German
  57. Mily Balakirev1836–1910 · Russian
  58. Nikolai Zaremba1821–1879 · Russian
  59. Wilhelm Taubert1811–1891 · German
  60. Marie Bigot1786–1820 · French
  61. Charles-Valentin Alkan1813–1888 · French
  62. Carl Czerny1791–1857 · Austrian
  63. Adolf von Henselt1814–1889 · German
  64. Alexandre Villoing1808–1878 · French
  65. Johann Christian Kittel1732–1809 · German
  66. Mikhail Glinka1804–1857 · Russian
  67. Alexandre Dubuque1812–1898 · French
  68. Anton Gerke1812–1870 · Russian
  69. Eduard Langer1835–1905 · Russian
  70. Émile Decombes1829–1912 · French
  71. Ludwig Berger1777–1839 · German
  72. Daniel-François-Esprit Auber1782–1871 · French
  73. Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann1785–1853 · French
  74. Ludwig van Beethoven1770–1827 · German
  75. Johann Nepomuk Hummel1778–1837 · Austrian
  76. John Field1782–1837 · Irish
  77. Johann Sebastian Bach1685–1750 · German
  78. Anton Reicha1770–1836 · Bohemian/French
  79. Ignaz Moscheles1794–1870 · Bohemian
  80. George Alexander Osborne1806–1893 · English
  81. Ambroise Thomas1811–1896 · French
  82. Frédéric Chopin1810–1849 · Polish/French
  83. Luigi Cherubini1760–1842 · Italian
  84. Muzio Clementi1752–1832 · Italian/English
  85. François-Adrien Boieldieu1775–1834 · French
  86. Antonio Salieri1750–1825 · Italian
  87. Johann Christoph Bach (1671–1721)1671–1721 · German
  88. Bedřich Diviš Weber1766–1842 · Bohemian
  89. Friedrich Kalkbrenner1785–1849 · German
  90. Ludwika Chopin (Ludwika Jędrzejewiczowa)1807–1855 · Polish
  91. Giuseppe Sarti1729–1802 · Italian
  92. Giuseppe Santarelli1710–1790 · Italian
  93. Charles Broche1752–1803 · French
  94. Florian Leopold Gassmann1729–1774 · Bohemian
  95. Giuseppe Simoni?–? · Italian
  96. Johann Pachelbel1653–1706 · German
  97. Georg Joseph Vogler1749–1814 · German
  98. Joseph Haydn1732–1809 · Austrian
  99. Wojciech Żywny1757–1842 · Bohemian
  100. Josef Krejčí1821–1881 · Bohemian
  101. Nadia Boulanger1887–1979
  102. Ford Hill?–?
  103. Giovanni Battista Martini1706–1784 · Italian
  104. Christian Gottlob Neefe1748–1798 · German
  105. Johann Ambrosius Bach1645–1695 · German
  106. Heinrich Schwemmer1621–1696 · German
  107. Nicola Porpora1686–1768 · Italian
  108. Wilhelm Würfel1790–1832 · Bohemian
  109. Jan Křtitel Kuchař1751–1829 · Bohemian
  110. František Chládek?–? · Bohemian
  111. Giovanni Battista Pescetti1704–1766 · Italian
  112. Johann van Beethoven1739–1792 · German
  113. Johann Benjamin Gross1809–1848 · German
  114. Gabriel Fauré1845–1924
  115. Józef Elsner1769–1854 · Polish
  116. György Sebők1922–1999
  117. Rudolf Kündinger1832–1913 · German
  118. Simon Sechter1788–1867 · Austrian
  119. Hans Schmitt1835–1907 · German
  120. Johann Georg Albrechtsberger1736–1809 · Austrian
  121. Josef Reicha1752–1795 · Bohemian
  122. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1756–1791 · Austrian
  123. Francesco Salieri1741–1826 · Italian
  124. Angelo Predieri1655–1731 · Italian
  125. Charles-Alexandre Fessy1804–1856 · French
  126. Johann Erasmus Kindermann1616–1655 · German
  127. Johann Adam Hiller1728–1804 · German
  128. Johann Buwa1828–1907 · Austrian
  129. Kaspar Prentz?–? · German
  130. Julius Rietz1812–1877 · German
  131. Christoph Bach1613–1661 · German
  132. Gaetano Greco1657–1728 · Italian
  133. Louis Adam1758–1848 · French
  134. Moritz Hauptmann1792–1868 · German
  135. Wilhelm Mayer1831–1898 · Bohemian
  136. Johann Georg Reutter (the younger)1708–1772 · Austrian
  137. Václav Jan Tomášek1774–1850 · Bohemian
  138. Adolf Bernhard Marx1795–1866 · German
  139. Francesco Antonio Vallotti1697–1780 · Italian
  140. Josef Seger1716–1782 · Bohemian
  141. Richard Buchmayer1856–1934 · German
  142. Johann Joseph Matthias Hanisch1764–1802 · Bohemian
  143. Antonio Lotti1667–1740 · Italian
  144. Tobias Friedrich Pfeiffer?–? · Austrian
  145. Georg Wilhelm Kündinger1800–1867 · German
  146. Gennaro Ursino1650–1715 · Italian
  147. Ludwig van Beethoven the Elder (Ludwig van Beethoven d. Ä., 1712–1773)1712–1773 · German/Dutch
  148. Franz Joseph Werner?–? · German
  149. Kaleria Khristoforovna Rubinstein, née Klara Löwenstein1807–1891 · Russian
  150. Gustave Lefèvre1831–1910 · French
  151. Franz Lauska (Franz Seraphin Lauska)1764–1825 · German
  152. Franz Becker?–?
  153. Leó Weiner1885–1960 · Hungarian
  154. Josef Dachs1825–1896 · Austrian
  155. Ignaz Ladurner (Ignaz Anton Ladurner)1766–1839 · Austrian/French
  156. Leopold Mozart1719–1787 · Austrian
  157. Anton Halm1789–1872 · Austrian
  158. Narcisse Letellier?–?
  159. Johann Caspar Kerll1627–1693 · German
  160. Johann Maxandt?–? · Austrian
  161. Camillo Cevenini1607–1676 · Italian
  162. Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský1684–1742 · Bohemian
  163. Josef Proksch1794–1864 · Bohemian
  164. Ethel Davis?–? · American
  165. Adam Liszt1776–1827 · Hungarian
  166. Joseph Weiss?–? · Austrian
  167. Daniel Gottlob Türk1750–1813 · German
  168. Gaetano Carpani1692–1785 · Italian
  169. Agostino Filipucci1621–1679 · Italian
  170. Francesco Morlacchi1784–1841 · Italian
  171. Ferdinand Hansmann1764–1843 · German
  172. Johann Staden1581–1634 · German
  173. Bernice Burklich?–? · American
  174. Gottfried August Homilius1714–1785 · German
  175. Camille Saint-Saëns1835–1921 · French
  176. Moritz Ganz (Eduard Moritz Ganz)1806–1869 · German
  177. Natalya Antonova?–?
  178. Antonio Caldara1670–1736 · Italian
  179. Felix Benda1708–1768 · Bohemian
  180. Bernhard Romberg1767–1841 · German
  181. Tommaso Giordani1730–1806 · Italian
  182. Maria Palchikova?–? · Russian
  183. Manuel Antonio Carreño1812–1874 · Venezuelan
  184. François Benoist1794–1878 · French
  185. David Rostkoski?–?
  186. Johann Matthias Frankh?–? · Austrian
  187. Giuseppe Tartini1692–1770 · Italian
  188. Louis Spohr1784–1859 · German
  189. Wayland Redden?–? · American
  190. Johann Christoph Bach (1645–1693)1645–1693 · German
  191. Wenzel Czerny1752–1832 · Bohemian
  192. Georg Reutter (the elder)1656–1738 · Austrian
  193. Carl Franz Pitsch1786–1858 · Bohemian
  194. Jean-Frédéric Edelmann1749–1794 · French
  195. Johannes (Hans) Bach1580–1626 · German
  196. Giovanni Salvatore1611–1688 · Italian
  197. Anna Weiss1833–1909 · German
  198. Pavel Josef Wolf?–? · Bohemian
  199. Carl Friedrich Zelter1758–1832 · German
  200. Jean-Blaise Martin1768–1837 · French
  201. Zoltán Kodály1882–1967 · Hungarian
  202. Francesco Antonio Calegari1656–1742 · Italian

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Generations

Generation 17

1 person

Rebecca Hammer1989– · American · traces back to Jody Graves

Generation 16

1 person

Frances Hildebrand1938– · American · traces back to Gerrit Vander Mei

Generation 15

1 person

Gerrit Vander Mei?–1981 · Dutch/American · traces back to Ruth Slenczynska

Generation 14

1 person

Ruth Slenczynska1925–2026 · American · traces back to Sergei Rachmaninoff

Generation 13

1 person

Sergei Rachmaninoff1873–1943 · Russian · traces back to Alexander Siloti

Generation 12

2 people

Alexander Siloti1863–1945 · Russian · traces back to Franz Liszt

Generation 11

6 people

Sergei Taneyev1856–1915 · Russian · traces back to Nikolai Rubinstein

Generation 10

8 people

Nikolai Rubinstein1835–1881 · Russian · traces back to Theodor Kullak

Generation 9

12 people

Theodor Kullak1818–1882 · German · traces back to Carl Czerny

Generation 8

15 people

Albrecht Agthe1790–1873 · German · traces back to Michael Gotthard Fischer

Generation 7

10 people

Michael Gotthard Fischer1773–1829 · German · traces back to Johann Christian Kittel

Generation 6

12 people

Johann Christian Kittel1732–1809 · German · traces back to Johann Sebastian Bach

Generation 5

12 people

Johann Sebastian Bach1685–1750 · German · traces back to Johann Ambrosius Bach

Generation 4

8 people

Johann Christoph Bach (1671–1721)1671–1721 · German · traces back to Johann Pachelbel

Generation 3

10 people

Johann Pachelbel1653–1706 · German · traces back to Heinrich Schwemmer

Generation 2

10 people

Heinrich Schwemmer1621–1696 · German · traces back to Johann Erasmus Kindermann

Generation 1

30 people

Johann Erasmus Kindermann1616–1655 · German · traces back to Johann Staden

Generation 0

62 people

Johann Staden1581–1634 · German · no teacher recorded

202 people · 264 relationships · dataset 2026-10-27-lineage-pruned