Family related composers of the classical and romantic eras.
Achron father and son
Joseph 1886-1942 Isidore 1892-1942
Adam father/son
Jean Louis1758-1848 Adolph Charles 1803-1856
Ancot father/sons
Jean 1779-1848 Jean 1799-1829 Louis 1803-1836
d'Albert father/son
Charles Louis Napoleon 1809-1886 Eugene Francis 1864-1932
Alwyn/Carwithen husband/second wife
William 1905-1985 Doreen 1922-2003
Ames brother/sister
John Carlowitz 1860-1924 Mary Milford 1867-1945
Andre father/son/grandsons
Johann 1741-1799 Johann Anton 1775-1842 Peter Friedrich Julius 1808-1880 Johann B. 1823-1882
Andriessen brothers and sons of Hendrik
Willem 1887-1964 Hendrick 1892-1981 Jurriaan 1825-1996 Louis 1939-
Aspa uncle/nephews
Marco 1799-1868 Rosario 1827-? Edwin 1833-1883
Austin brothers
Frederick 1872-1952 Ernest 1874-1947
Bache brother/sister
Francis 1833-1858 Constance 1846-1903
Backer/Grondahl mother/son
Agathe Ursula 1847-1907 Fridtjof 1885-1959
Baermann father/son/grandson
Heinrich-Joseph 1784-1847 Carl 1810-1885 Carl 1839-1913
Banister grandfather/grandson
Charles William 1768-1831 Henry Charles 1831-1897
Bantock/More father-in-law/daughter-in-law
Granville 1868-1946 Margaret Elizabeth 1903-1966
Bargiel/Wieck (Schumann) half brother/half sister & wife of Robert Schumann
Woldemar 1828-1897 Clara 1819-1896
Barnett (Beer) uncle/nephew, (related to Meyerbeer (Jacob (Giacomo)Liebmann Beer 1791-1864))
John 1802-1890 John Francis 1837-1916
Bate/Glanville-Hicks husband/wife
Stanley 1911-1959 Peggy 1912-1990
Becker father and son
Jean 1833-1884 Hugo 1863-1941
Bedford/Lehmann husband/wife/mother of Liza
Herbert 1867-1945 Liza (Elizabetta) 1862-1918 Amelia Chambers 1838-1903
Benda father/3 sons/2 grandsons
Jan Jiri 1686-1757 Frantisek 1709-1786 JanJiri 1713-1752 Georg Anton 1722-1795
Friedrich Ludwig 1752-1792(son of Georg) Carl Herman 1748- (son of Frantisek)
Beringer brothers
Robert 1841- Oscar 1844-1922
Blahetka/Traeg granddaughter/grandfather
Leopoldine Anne Marie 1811-1887 Andreus17xx?
Blewitt father/son
Jonas 17 -1805 Jonathan 1782-1853
Bentzon cousins who are great-grandsons of J P E Hartmann
Jorgen 1897-1951 Niels Viggo 1919-2000
Bergman see Serov
Berio grandfather/grandson
Adolpho 1847-1942 Luciano 1925-2003
de Berio father/son Charles Auguste was brother-in-law to Pauline Viardot-Garcia (sister of Maria Maliban –Charles W;s. mother)
Charles Auguste 1802-1870 Charles Wilfrid 1833-1914
Bertini brothers
Benoit Auguste 1780-1830 Henri Jerome 1798-1876
Berton grandfather/father/son
Pierre Montan 1727-1780 Henri Montan 1767-1844 Henri Francois 1784-1832
Bizet - see Halevy
Boildieu father/son
Francois-Adrien 1775-1834 Adrien Louis Victor 1815-1833
Bossi father/son
Marco Enrico 1861-1925 Renzo 1883-1965
Boulanger sisters
Nadia Juliette 1887-1979 Lili Juliette Olga Marie 1893-1918
Brants-Buys father/three sons/grandsons/greatgrandson
Cornelius 1812-1890 Marius 1840-1911 Ludwig 1842-1917 Henri 1850-1905
Sons of Marius:
Jan 1868-1933 Marius 1874-1944
Son of Marius 1874:
Hans 1905-1959
Brassin brothers
Louis 1840-1884 Leopold 1843-1890
Braunfels father/son
Walter 1882-1954 Michael 1917-2015
Bronsart/Stark husband/wife
Hans 1830-1914 Ingeborg 1840-1913
Bruckshaw daughter/father
Kathleen (Catherine Mary) 1877-1921 Charles 1850's - ?
Bulakhov brothers
Piotr 1822-1885 Pavel 1824-1875
Burgmuller brothers
Johann Friedrich 1806-1874 Norbert 1810-1836
Callcott father/sons
John Wall 1766-1821 William Hutchins 1807-1882 John George 1821-xx
John Wall Callcott was also greatgrandfather to Norman Houston O'Neill 1875-1934 (see also Horsley)
Candeille father/daughter
Pierre Joseph 1744-1827 Amelie-Julie 1767-1834
Carter brothers
George 1835- Henry 1837- William 1838-
Casadesus father/sons/nephew/grandson of Henri
Louis 1850-1919 Francis 1870-1954 Henri 1879-1947 Marius 1892-1981 Robert 1899-1972 Jean-Claud 1935-
Castro brothers
Jose Maria 1892-1964 Juan 1895-1968
Cellier brothers
Alfred 1844-1891 Francois Arsene1849-1914
Chapi/Casal grandfather/grandson
Ruperto 1851-1909 Enrique 1909-1977
Clark/Friskin wife/husband
Rebecca Thatcher 1886-1979 James 1886-1967
Clifford father/son
Julian Seymour 1877-1921 Julian Major 1903-1966
Coenen brothers
Franz 1826- Willem 1837-1918
Coleridge-Taylor father/daughter
Samuel 1875-1912 Avril 1903-1998
Corder father/son
Frederick 1852-1932 Paul Walford 1879-1942
Corri/Dussek father and father-in-law/son-in-law
Domenico 1746-1825 Montague 1784-1849 Haydn 1785-1860 Jan Ladislav Dussek1760-1812
Courvoisier see Thuille
Cramer father/sons
Wilhelm 1746-1799 Johann Babtiste 1771-1858 Franz 1772-1848
Damrosch father/son
Leopold 1832-1885 Walter Johannes 1862-1950
Danzi/Lebrun brother/sister/husband
Franz 1763-1826 Francesca 1756-1791 Ludwig August 1746-1790
Devreese father/son
Godfried 1893-1972 Frederic 1929
Doppler brothers/and son of Karl
Albert Franz 1821-1883 Karl 1825-1900 Arpad 1857-1927
Dreyshock uncle/nephew
Alexander 1818-1869 Felix 1861-1906
Dupont brothers
Jean Pierre 1740-1818 Jean Louis 1741-1819 CHECK DATES
Durand father and son
Auguste 1833-1884 Jaques 1865-1928
Dussek father/son/daughter/daughter of JL/son of VR
Jan Josef 1738-1818 Jan Ladislav 1760-1812 Veronica Rosalie 1769-1833 Olivia Buckley 1801-1847 Pio Cianchettini 1799-1851
Duvernoy brothers/son of Charles
Frederic Nicolas 1765-1838 Charles 1766-1845 Henri 1820-1906
Dvorak/Suk father-in-law/son-in-law
Antonin 1841-1904 Josef 1874-1935
Erkel father/sons
Ferenc 1810-1893 Gyula 1842-1909 Elak 1843-1893 Sandor 1846-1900
Farrenc husband/wife/daughter
Jaques Hippolyte Aristide 1794-1865 Jeanne Louise 1804-1875 Victorine Louise 1804-1875
Fesca father/son
Friedrich Ernst 1789-1826 Alexander Ernst 1820-1849
Firsova/Smirnov wife/husband
Elena 19550- Dmitry 1848-
Fitelberg father/son
Gregorz 1879-1953 Jerzy 1903-1951
Foerster father/son
Josef 1833-1907 Josef Bohuslav 1859-1951
Forbes brothers
Henry 1804-1859 George 1813-1883
Franck father/son
Eduard 1817-1893 Richard 1858-1938
Franck brothers
Joseph 1820-1891 Cesar Auguste 1822-1890
Freitas Branco brothers
Luiz 1890-1955 Pedro 1896-1963
Gade father/son
Niels 1817-1890 Axel 1860-1921
Gadsby brothers
Henry Robert 1842-1907 William 1847-1910
Garcia father/daughter/grand-daughter (see Viardot and de Beriot)
Manuel del Popolo Vincente 1775-1832 Pauline Viardot-Garcia 1821-1910 Louise 1841-1918
Goedike/Medtner brothers-in-law
Alexander Feodorovich 1877-1957 Nikolai Karlovich 1880-1951
Goldmark uncle/nephew
Carl 1830-1915 Rubin 1872-1936
Gollmick father/son
Carl 1796-1866 Adolph 1825-1883
Gounod/ Zimmermann son-in-law/father-in-law
Charles Francois 1818-1893 Pierre Joseph Guillaume 1785-1853
Graedener father/son
Carl 1812-1886 Hermann 1844-1929
Granados father/son
Enrique 1867-1916 Edward 1894-1928
Gregoir brothers
Jaques Mathieu 1817-1876 Edouard Georges 1822-1890
Gretry father/daughter
Andre-Ernest 1741-1814 Lucille 1772-1790
Grieg/Halvorsen H married to Greig's niece
Edvard Hagerup 1843-1907 Johan August 1864-1935
Grimson sister/brother
Annie Maria 1870-1949 Samuel 1879-1955
Haba brothers
Alois 1893-1973 Karel 1898-1972
Halevy/Bizet father-in-law/son-in-law
Jaques Francois 1799-1862 Georges Alexander Cesar 1838-1875
Halffter brothers/nephew
Rodolfo 1900-1987 Ernesto 1905-1989 Cristobal 1930-
Hamerik (orig. Hammerich) father/son
Asger 1843-1923 Ebbe 1898-1951
Hannikainen father/three sons
Pekka Juhani 1855-1924 Tiovo Ilmari 1893-1955 Arvo Sakari 1897-1942 Vaino 1900-1960
Hartmann great-grandfather/father/son (see Winding)
Johann Ernst 1726-1793 Johann Peter Emilius 1805-1900 Emil 1836-1898
(grandfather August Wilhelm 1775-1850 did not compose)
Haydn brothers
Franz Joseph 1732-1809 Michael 1737-1806
Hellmesberger father/sons/son of Joseph
George 1800-1873 Joseph 1828-1893 George 1830-1852 Joseph 1855-1907
Helsted father/son
Carl 1818-1904 Gustav 1857-1924
Hollander brothers and son of Viktor
Gustav 1855-1915 Viktor 1866-1940 Friedrich 1896-1976
Holmes brothers
Alfred 1837-1876 Henry 1839-1905
Honnegger/Vaurenbourg husband/wife
Arthur 1892-1955 Andree 1894-1980
Horn father/son
Karl Friedrich 1762-1830 Charles Edward 1786-1849
Horneman father/son
Johan Ole 1809-1870 Christian 1840-1906
Horrocks sister/brother
Amy Elise 1867-1916 James 18
Horsley/O'Neill father/son/great nephew of William (see Callcott)
William 1774-1858 Charles 1822-1876 Norman Houston 1875-1934
Hummel/Roeckel uncle/nephews
Johann Nepomuk 1778-1837 Edward 1816-1899 Joseph Leopold 1838-1923
Humpedrink/Wette brother/sister
Engelbert 1854-1921 Adelheid 1858-1916
Hutschenruyter grandfather/grandson
Wouter 1796-1878 Wouter 1859-1943
d'Indy uncle/nephew
Wilfrid 1821-1891 Paul Marie Theodore Vincent 1851-1931
Jadin brothers/jean father of LE & H
Georges 17xx Jean 17xx Louis Emmanuel 1768-1853 Hyacinthe 1769-1802
Jaell/Trautmann husband/wife
Alfred 1832-1882 Marie 1862-1922
Jarnefelt/Sibelius brothers-in-law
Armas 1869-1958 Jean 1865-1957
Jensen grandfather/two grandsons
Wilhelm 17xx-1842 Adolphe 1837-1879 Gustav 1843-1895
Jeremias father/sons
Bohuslav 1859-1818 Jaroslav 1889-1919 Otakar 1892-1962
Jongen brothers
Joseph 1873-1953 Leon 1884-1969
Kalinnikov brothers
Vassily Sergeyevich 1866-1901 Victor Sergeyevich 1870-1927
Kalkbrenner grandfather/father/son
Christian 1755-1806 Friedrich Wilhelm Michael 1785-1849 Arthur 1828-1869
Kapral/Kapralova father/daughter
Vaclav 1889-1947 Viteslava 1915-1940
Kapp father/son/cousin
Artur 1878-1952 Eugeninsz 1908-1996 Villenn 1913-1964
Klengel brothers
Paul 1854-1935 Julius 1859-1933
Kozeluch (Kotzeluch) cousins
Johann Antonin 1738-1814 Leopold 1747-1818
Kraft father/son
Anton 1752-1820 Nicolas 1778-1853
Krein brothers and son of Grigory
Grigory Abramovich 1880-1955 Alexander Abramovich 1883-1951 Julian Grigorievich 1913-1996
Kubelik father/son
Jan 1880-1940 Raphael Jeronym 1914-1996
Labey/Sohy husband/wife
Marcel 1875-1968 Charlotte 1887-1956
Labunski brothers
Wiktor 1895-1974 Feliks Roderyk 1896-1979
Lachner brothers
Franz 1803-1890 Ignaz 1807-1895 Vincenz 1811-1893
Lambert father/son
Charles Lucieen 1828-1896 Lucien Leon 1858-1945
Lamblet brothers
Napoleon 1864-1942 Georgios 1875-1945
Landre father/son
Willem 1874-1948 Guillaume 1905-1968
Langaard father/son
Siegfried 1852-1914 Rued 1893-1952
De Lange father/sons
Samuel 1811-1884 Samuel 1840-1911 Daniel 1841-1918
Lanner father/son
Joseph 1801-1843 August Josef 1835-1855
De Lara/Ronald cousins
Lottie Adelina 1872-1961 Landon 1873-1938
Le Froid de Meraux (also known as Meraux) grandfather/grandson
Nicolas-Jean 1745-1797 Jean-Amadee 1802-1874
Lehar father/son
Franz 1838-1898 Franz 1870-1948
Lessel father/son
Wincenty F. 1750-1825 Frantiszek (Franz) 1780-1838
Lhotka father/son
Fran 1883-1926 Ivo 1913-1987
Liebling brothers/nephew
Emil 1851-1914 Georg Lothar 1865-1946 Leonard 1880-1945
Lima brothers
Jeronymo Francisco 1743-1822 Bras Francisco 1745-1813
Liszt/Wagner grandfather/grandson
Franz 1811-1886 Helferich Siegfried Richard 1869-1930
Loder cousin/brother/sister
Edward 1813-1865 George 1816-1868 Kate (Fanny) 1825-1904
Lumbye father/sons
Hans Christian 1810-1874 Karl Christian 1841-1911 George August 1843-1922
MacFarren/Davenport brothers/ & son-in-law of George
George 1813-1887 Walter 1826-1905 Francis William 1847-xx
Maclean father/son/grandson
Charles Donald 1843-1916 Alexander Morvaren 1872-1936 Quentin Stuart Morvaren 1896-1962
Mahler/Kreneck/Schindler father-in-law/son-in-law/wife of M (unlikely Kreneck or Mahler ever met)
Gustav 1860-1911 Ernst 1900-1991 Alma 1879-1964
Malipiero grandfather/grandson/nephew
Francesco 1824-1887 Gian Franco 1882-1973 Riccardo 1914-2003
Malling brothers
Jorgen 1836-1905 Otto 1848-1915
Mangold brothers
Wilhelm M. 1796-1875 Karl Ludwig 1813-1889
Mascheroni brothers
Edoardo 1852-1941 Angelo 1855-1905
Marsick father/son
Martin Pierre 1848-1924 Armand 1877-1959
Mathieu father/son
Rodolphe 1890-1962 Andre 1929-1968
Mendelssohn brother/sister/second cousin
Jacob Ludwig Felix 1809-1847 Fanny Cecile 1805-1847 Arnold Ludwig 1855-1933
Mentor/Popper father/daughter/husband
Joseph 1808-1856 Sophie 1846-1918 David 1843-1913
Merikanto father/son
Oscari 1868-1924 Aarre 1893-1958
Messager/Temple husband/second wife
Andre 1853-1929 Hope Temple (Alice Maud Davies) 1859-1938
Methfessel father and son
Albert Gottlieb 1786-1869 Albert 1806-1878
Meyerbeer see Barnett
More see Bantock
Mounsey sisters
Ann Shepard 1811-1891 Elizabeth 1819-1905
Mozart father/son/grandson
Johann George Leopold 1719-1787 Johann Chrysoston Wolfgang Gottlieb Amadeus 1756-1791 Franz 1791-1844
Naylor father/son
John 1838-1897 Edward Woodall 1867-1934
Nedbal uncle/nephew
Oscar 1874-1930 Karel 1888-1964
Nevin brothers
Ethelbert Woodbridge 1862-1901 Arthur Finlay 1871-1943
Niemann father/son
Rudolph 1838-1898 Walter 1876-1953
Nixon father/sons (also related to Danby)
Henry George 1796-1857 James Cassana 1823-1842 Henry Cotter 1842-1907
Oginski uncle/nephew
Prince Michal Kazimierz 1731-1803 Prince Michal Kleofas 1765-1833
O'Niell see Callcott and Horsley
Pabst father/sons
August 1811-1885 Louis 1846-1904 Paul 1854-1897
Parry father/son
Joseph 1841-1903 Joseph Haydn 1864-1894
Pedrell uncle/nephew
Felipe 1841-1922 Carlos 1878-1941
Perosi brothers
Lorenzo 1872-1956 Marziano 1875-1959
Pixis brothers and son of Friedrich
Friedrich Wilhelm 1786-1842 Johann Peter 1788-1874 Theodor 1831-1856
Pleyel father/son
Ignaz Joseph 1757-1831 Camille 1788-1855
Puccini five generations
Giacomo 1712-1781 Antonio 1747-1832 Domenico 1771-1815 Michele 1813-1864 Giacomo Antonio 1858-1924
Radoux father/son
Jean Theodore 1835-1911 Charles Jean Edouard Firmin Paul 1877-1952
Respighi/Olivieri-Sangiacomo husband/wife
Ottorino 1879-1936 Elsa 1894-1996
Ricci brothers and son of Luigi
Luigi 1805-1859 Federico 1809-1877 Luigi 1852-1906
Ries brothers and sons of Hubert
Ferdinand 1784-1838 Hubert 1802-1886 Adolph 1837-1889 Franz 1846-1932
Rimsky-Korsakov and daughter-in-law and son-in-law
Nikolai 1844-1908 Julia Lazarevna Veysberg 1878-1942 Maximilian Steinberg 1833-1946
Ritter/Wagner Ritter married Wagner's niece
Roeckel/Jackson brothers/wife of J (Their mother's sister was married to Johann Nepomuk Hummell)
Edward 1816-1899 Joseph Leopold 1838-1923 Jane 1834-1907 She composed under the name of Jules de Sivrai
Romberg cousins
Andreas 1767-1821 Bernhard 1767-1841
Rontgen grandfather/father/son
Englebert 1829-1897 Julius 1855-1932 Johannes 1898-1969
Rousseau/Samuel-Rousseau father/son
Samuel Alexandre 1853-1904 Marcel 1882-1955
Ruta father/daughter
Michele 1826-1896 Gilda Teresa Emelina 1858-1932
Rutini father/son
Giovanni 1723-1797 Ferdinando 1767-1827
Sainton/Sainton-Dolby husband/wife/grandson
Philippe Catherine Prosper 1813-1890 Charlotte Helen 1821-1885 Philip Prosper 1891-1967
Sawerthal see Zavertal
Scharwenka brothers
Ludwig Philipp 1847-1917 Franz Xaver 1850-1924
Schmitt father/son
Aloys 1788-1866 Georg Aloys 18271902
Schneider brothers
Johann Christian Friedrich 1786-1853 Johann Gottlieb 1789-1864
Schroeter brother/sister
Johann 1750-1788 Corona Elizabeth 1751-1802
Schumann/Wieck husband/wife (see Bargiel)
Robert 1810-1856 Clara 1819-1896
Serov/Bergmann husband/wife
Alexander N. 1820-1871 Valentina Semionova 1846-1927
Shcherbchov (Shtcherbatchev) A and V are second cousins and Nikolai is uncle of V
Nikolai 1853-1922 Andrei 1868-1916 Vladimir 1889-1952
Sibelius/Jarnfelt brothers-in-law
Jean 1865-1957 Armas 1869-1958
Singer father/son
Otto 1833-1894 Otto 1863-1931
Smart uncle/nephew
George Thomas 1776-1867 Henry Thomas 1813-1879
Sokalsky uncle/nephew
Peter 1832-1887 Vladimir 1863-1919
Speer cousins
Charlton Templeman 1859-1921 William Henry 1863-1937
Stamitz father/sons
Johann Wenzel Anton 1717-1757 Karl 1745-1801 Johann Anton 1750-before 1809
Steinbach brothers
Emil 1849-1919 Fritz 1855-1916
Steinberg see Rimsky-Korsakov
Stenhammer father/son
Per Ulrik 1828-1875 Wilhelm 1871-1927
Strauss father/sons/son of Eduard
Johann 1804-1849 Johann 1825-1899 Joseph 1827-1870 Eduard 1835-1916 Johann 1866-1939
Stravinsky father/son
Igor Feodorovich 1882-1971 Sviatoslav Soulima 1910-1994
Strepponi/Verdi father-in-law/son-in-law
Feliciano 1797-1832 Giuseppi Fortunino Francesco 1813-1901
Taneyev (Taneiv) second cousins
Alexander Sergeievich 1850-1918 Sergei Ivanovich 1856-1915
Tausig father/son
Aloys 1820-1885 Carl 1841-1871
Tcherepnin father/son/grandsons
Nikolai Nikolaievich 1873-1945 Alexander 1899-1977 Serge 1941- Ivan 1943-1998
Teyber brothers/daughter of A
Anton 1756-1822 Franz 1758-1810 Elena 1789-1877
Thuille/Courvoisier father-in-law/son-in-law
Ludwig 1861-1907 Walter 1875-1931
Tinel father/son
Edgar 1854-1912 Paul 1892-1974
Trautmann see Jaell
Trew husband/wife/son
Charles Abraham 1854-1929 Susan 18xx- Arthur Charles 1882- xx
Umlauf father/son
Ignaz 1756-1796 Michael 1781-1842
Verne-Bredt/Verne/Wurm (orig.all Wurm)
Alice Barbara 1868-1958 Adela 1877-1952 Marie Josephine Agnes 1860-1938
Veysberg see Rimsky-Korsakov
Viardot mother/daughter see also Garcia
Pauline Viardot-Garcia 1821-1910 Louise 1841-1918
Vieutemps brothers
Henri 1820-1881 Jean Joseph 1828-1901
Vogel grandfather/grandson
Johann Christoph 1756-1788 Charles-Louis 1808-1892
Wagenaar father/son
Johan 1862-1941 Bernard 1894-1971
Wagner father/son
Wilhelm Richard 1813-1883 Helferich Siegfried Richard 1869-1930 (Siegfried is grandson of Franz Lizst)
Waldteufel father/son
Louis 1801-1884 Emile 1837-1915
Weigl brothers
Joseph 1766-1846 Thaddaus 1776-1844
Wesley brothers/son of Samuel
Charles 1757-1834 Samuel 1766-1837 Samuel Sebastian 1810-1876
Whiting brothers/nephew
Amos 18xx- ? George Elbridge 1842-1923 Arthur Battelle 1861-1936
Wieniawski/Poldowski brothers/nephew/daughter of Henryk
Henryk 1835-1880 Jozef 1837-1912 Adam 1879-1950 Irene Poldowski 1880-1932
Winding/Hartmann brothers-in-law
August 1835-1894 Emil 1836-1898
Wolff/Wieniawaski uncle/nephews
Eduard 1816-1880 Henryk 1835-1880 Jozef 1837-1912
Wood brothers
Daniel Sykes 27.11.1872-30.11.1927 Haydn 25.3.1882-11.3.1959
Wranitsky brothers
Paul 1756-1808 Anton 1761-1820
Ysaye brothers
Eugene 1858-1931 Theophile 1865-1918
Zaremba brothers/son of Vladislav
Nikolay Ivanovich 1821-1897 Vladislav Ivanovich 1833-1902 Sigismund Vladislavovich 1861-1925
Zavertal (Sawerthal) brothers/son of Wenceslas
Joseph Rudolph 1819- xx Wenceslas (Vaclav) Hugo1821-xx Ladislao Joseph Philip 18xx -Paul 1849-1942
Zilcher father/son
Paul 1855-1943 Hermann Carl Joseph 1881-1948
Zollner father/son/grandson
Christian Heinrich 1792-1836 Carl Friedrich 1800-1860 Heinrich 1854-1918
Researched and compiled by Giles Enders 2011-2016
A few more:
Becker father/son
Jean 1833-1884 / Hugo 1863-1941
Durand father/son
Auguste 1830-1909 / Jacques 1865-1928
Kunc father/2 sons
Aloÿs Martin Cunq (Aloys) - 1832-1895 / Pierre 1865-1941 / Aymé 1877-1958
Praeger/Präger father/son
Heinrich Aloys 1783-1854 / Ferdinand 1815-1891
Renner father/son
Joseph sr. 1832-1895 / Joseph jr. 1868-1934
Reuchsel father/two sons
Léon 1840-1915 / Maurice 1880-1968 / Amédée 1875-1931
also re Viardot: Mother / Son (daughter already listed above)
Pauline 1821-1910 / Paul 1857-1941
(Re Adam: Jean Louis Adam might be the composer of the instrumental works by Adam I've seen listed. That explains a bit. Re Röntgen: don't forget, Julius' wife Amanda Röntgen-Maier was also a composer.)
Hrm, when I remember who I reopened this edit window the better to add, I'll open it again. Distractable much Eric...
Very interesting, Giles. You may like to add Raimund (brother to Alexander) Dreyschock (and Felix's father). Raimund studied under Pixis; he was concertmaster of the Leipzig Gewandhaus concerts from 1850-69 and taught at the Leipzig Conservatory. He also composed - though nothing very significant. There is, however, an "Introduction and Allegro" for violin & orchestra (score and parts in Bibliothek der Universität der Künste).
Richard Strauss's father Franz was a horn player who wrote at least a few pieces for horn.
Er...so what?
Well, the Franz-Richard Strauss connection certainly fits here, doesn't it?
Quite. TerraEpon is just noting that here is another pair of composers closely related: father/son. In fact, Franz was quite a distinguished composer in his own right. IMSLP lists 10 of his compositions, and a number of his works, including his Horn Concerto in C minor, Op. 8, can be heard on YouTube.
You got to the IMSLP connection just before me, Gareth. Quite right!
Congratulations on a remarkable piece of research, Giles! I'm printing the list to look up more unknowns' music on YouTube etc.
How about brothers Joseph and Joachim Raff?
Brothers Robert and Rudolf Radecke, too.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk was the Great-Uncle of Louis Ferdinand Gottschalk.
Another father/son -- Franz Anton Schubert and his son François Schubert ....no relation to the famous Schubert, whose brother Ferdinand was also apparently a composer.
Diederich Krug (1821-1880) and Arnold Krug (1849-1904) - another father/son
My "Er...so what?" was intended to refer to the entire thread. Of course musical talent tends to run in families. Whether this is down to nature or nurture is a moot point but probably unresolvable. What about a list of composers born under a full moon?
QuoteMy "Er...so what?" was intended to refer to the entire thread.
Well, that was about as clear as mud, I'm afraid.
QuoteOf course musical talent tends to run in families.
Yes, but not in
all families. That's the point of the thread.
QuoteWhat about a list of composers born under a full moon?
How about Juan
Manen, that well-known Spanish-Danish composer? ;)
A few more additions. Firsova and Smirnov (who was born not in 1848, but in 1948) have a daughter called Alissa Firsova (born 1986) who also composes. Krenek is not spelled Kreneck (in the Mahler connection). Julius Röntgen's wife Amanda Maier (1853-1894) also composed. (And Röntgen's mother was the aunt of Julius Klengel.)
Might I add brothers Isidor (1892-1943) and Joseph (1886-1942) Achron?
Nice little exercise. What might *really* be useful to determine musical relationships would be a sociogram (or a bunch of them). family relationships generally do not say much about musical affinity because of the generational divide.
In reply to Matesik. The reason for this list it partly to put the composers into context. There is another site which gives the composers teachers and pupils. I believe it is of interest when listening to say Richard Strauss to be aware of his contemporaries and his family. These will all have influenced him. When preparing concert programmes or recordings, it is also useful to be aware of family related composers. Many on the list are complete unknowns so I hope some one somewhere will explore them.
My piano concerto website, piano-concertos.org which in essence is just a list, has thrown up hundreds of leads and I know for a fact that it has led to both concerts and recordings.
I would also add, to your 'So what!' So what have you done to promote lesser known composers ?
I thank everyone who has added to the list. In a month or so, I will try and incorporate them in to my list. Now the search is on for some of the music.
Amanda Maier, Röntgen's wife, should be included in the Röntgen clan. Or maybe not since she reportedly quit composing once married?
I think she wrote -at least- one piano quartet after her marriage. See http://www.sophie-drinker-institut.de/cms/index.php/maier-amanda (http://www.sophie-drinker-institut.de/cms/index.php/maier-amanda).
Giles Enders: "what has [Matesic] done to promote lesser known composers"?
Search under his nickname , under "Steve's Bedroom Band" also, on IMSLP.org, and ask that question again. One can wait. Take your time now. And I'm quite sure that's only the smallest part of the answer to your question (which I'm sure he should answer himself, but the answer is so obvious I'm interjecting a bit of it myself.) Goodness, he's even done a bit to promote -my- music, and I don't deserve it in the slightest... (but it was for all that _extremely_ appreciated!)
Quite.
Quite x 2.
Sop under the radar.
Translation?
Speak up, sir, we can't hear you if you mumble.
Btw you may not have appreciated Matesic's tone at a guess, but lists as lists are generally not a good idea here, I'm surprised the moderators have said nothing on the point!
There's nothing wrong with work lists for example (as long as they cover all genres). It's all a matter of usefullness and relevance to UC's remit. Lists of likes or dislikes are out, though!
Agreed. Nothing at all wrong with Giles' list here. I don't imagine for one moment that Matesic intended to sound discourteous. We must all remember (and beware) when writing on such fora that the printed word cannot easily convey an intonation! And we have all, I'm sure, been guilty by this means of giving offence without meaning to or taking offence where none was intended.
Blimey - just caught up with all this after a few days away. My comment was intentionally flippant but I didn't mean to denigrate Giles's work - just to inquire (admittedly in a provocative way) where it might be leading?
Steve, you missed out the ;)! :)
If I start using Emojis I'll get into even bigger trouble! Seriously, I'm sorry to cause Giles or anyone else offence but sometimes a bit of controversy does us all good.
Some more examples:
Bach: although Johann Sebastian maybe does not count as classical, surely his sons do.
An artist named Heinrich Winter (1788-1825) published a series of lithographs of famous composers (Portraite der berühmtesten Compositeurs der Tonkunst) that included Maximilian III Joseph, Kurfürst von Bayern (1727-1777) and his sister Maria Antonia Walburga, Kurfürstin von Sachsen (1724-1780).
Berkeley: Sir Lennox Berkeley and his son Michael, Lord Berkeley of Knighton, are probably too modern for this list.
Cannabich: Christian and his son Carl.
Habsburg and Habsburg-Lorraine: several members of this dynasty were apparently composers. Archduke Rudolf, the friend of Beethoven, is now solely remembered for his Diabelli variation. Emperors Ferdinand III, Leopold I, and Josef I, seem to have written music, but, judging from their dates, it would be baroque.
Moritz, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassell, and Ernst Ludwig, Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt, wrote baroque music. Alexander Friedrich, Landgraf von Hessen (1863-1945), who was born blind, was also a composer, but wrote romantic chamber music.
Siegfried and Rued Langgaard.
Otto Mahler was described by his brother Gustav as the more gifted, but killed himself aged 21.
Maria Anna Mozart wrote music that was praised by her brother Wolfgang, but it has not survived.
Josef Pembaur, Senior and Junior.
King Friedrich II of Prussia played the flute and was also a composer in the baroque style, as were his sisters Amalie and Wilhelmine. The dynasty also produced two princes name Louis Ferdinand who were both composers. The first, born 1772, was a nephew of King Friedrich II, and wrote classical chamber music, but he was also a general, and was killed in 1806. The second, born 1907, died 1994, was a grandson of Wilhelm II, and seems to have written for brass band, as an LP of his compositions was recorded by Polizeiorchester Potsdam.
Rubinstein, Anton and Nikolay.
Reg. the Rubinsteins - did Nikolay write any substantial compositions - eg. Sonatas, Quartets, Symphony, Concerto, etc?
Don't know offhand though quite a few composers seem to have never done so despite a prolific output (or if so, left them in manuscript/lost with at best mentions of performances to go by; just e.g. Friedrich Baumfelder - rather prolific composer of relative more or less trifles who did, it seems, leave also a fair number of - unpublished? - sonatas, symphonies, piano trios according to notes of concerts, but one can't seem to find them. Or perhaps if they were published they might have been, conjecturally, destroyed in the wars, as may have been any manuscripts.)
IMSLP has a Tarantelle Op 14 and a Valse Op 16. The former is for piano 4 hands. Various UK libraries have a handful of other piano pieces. Nothing of any substance. But I haven't done a very thorough search yet.
According to The Jewish Encyclopedia (1906) (http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/12924-rubinstein-nikolai-nicholas),
"Among the more important of Rubinstein's compositions were: mazurkas 1 and 2 (op. 11); bolero (op. 13); tarantelle (op. 14); and polonaise, "Scène de Bal" (op. 17)."
Here is a very interesting list.
I would like to clarify that, in the first post, it is written Vieutemps while the real name is Vieuxtemps.
One of my personal favourites is:
Alkan / Delaborde
Brothers Charles-Valentin (1813-1888), Maxime (1818-1891), Napoléon (1826-1910), Gustave (1827-1882); their sister Céleste (1812 - 1897) was a singer.
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Élie-Miriam Delaborde (illegitimate son of Charles-Valentin, 1839-1913).
The Alkan brothers (bar Ch-V) were composers of much slighter music, mostly for piano. Delaborde composed a number of works including a Morceau romantique for piano and orchestra (which I hope to hear one day), cadenzas to concertos by Bach and Beethoven, as well as a couple of chamber pieces, and piano works.
Some additions:
Louis Spohr (1784-1859) is great-granduncle of Walter Braunfels (1882-1954).
Albert Becker (1834-1899) is grandfather of Günter Raphael (1903-1960).
There is a distant relation between Felix Draeseke (1835-1913) and Felicitas Kukuck (1914-2001): Draeseke's grandfather Bernhard Draeseke is Kukuck's great-great-great-grandfather.
Benjamin Johnson Lang (1837-1909), who destroyed his complete compositions, and his daughter Margaret Ruthven (1867-1972), who destroyed only her complete orchestral works.
Brothers Robert (1847-1927) and Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (1842-1899).
Cousins Hans Koessler (1853-1926) and Max Reger (1873-1916)
Eugen d'Albert (1864-1932) and Teresa Careno (1853-1917) were husband and wife from 1892 to 1895.
Dynam-Victor Fumet (1867-1949) and his son Raphael (1898-1979).
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) was married to Mimi Kwast (1879-1926), granddaughter of Ferdinand Hiller (1811-1885).
Brothers Louis (1870-1937) and René Vierne (1878-1918).
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) and his son Julian (1908-1919), who despite dying very young left a few piano pieces.
Cousins Paul Graener (1872-1944) and Georg Gräner (1876-1945).
Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen (1882-1954) and Philippine Schick (1893-1970) were husband and wife from 1927 to 1932.
and the Fuchs' father, Patritz (1789-1867) (though all I know of by him is a Anleitung zum Orgelspielen and an arrangement of a Beethoven Offertorium in E-flat, both held at ÖNB.