Background
Levett, David Maurice was born on January 1, 1844 in New York, United States. Son of Doctor Maurice and Caroline Levett.
Levett, David Maurice was born on January 1, 1844 in New York, United States. Son of Doctor Maurice and Caroline Levett.
Studied music New York, Germany and France. Graduate Conservatory, Leipzig,’ 1871.
Professor in New Brunswick (New Jersey) Conservatory, 1876. In Conservatory at Jacksonville, Illinois, 1878-1880. At Chicago, 1880-1885.
Afterward at New New York
Professor in Stem’s Conservatory of Music, Berlin, Germany, 1898-1900, New York College of Music, New York City, since 1900. Author of many compositions for voice, piano and orchestra, produced in the United States and Europe.
Composer: “Harlequinade” and “Memories,” two symphonic poems for orchestra. “Romance” and “Serenade,” in Italian style, for violin and piano.
“Danse Rustique” for orchestra.
Married Kate de Jonge, 1878.