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Arnold Schoenberg
…of his composition teacher Alexander von Zemlinsky. They had two children, Gertrud and Georg, but their marriage faced strains and ultimately ended in divorce. After his divorce from Mathilde, Schoenberg…
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Johannes Brahms’ Double Concerto in A Minor, 3rd Movement
…cellist Robert Hausmann and his estranged friend, violinist Joseph Joachim, as a gesture of reconciliation after a dispute over Joachim’s divorce. The concerto uses the musical motif A-E-F, a permutation…
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Fritz Kreisler
…was not just about music. In 1902, Kreisler met Harriet Lies, a New York-born divorcee. Their love story was as melodious as Kreisler’s compositions, leading to their marriage a year…
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Béla Bartók
…16-year-old Márta Ziegler, with whom he had a son. However, the marriage ended in divorce in 1923, and Bartók married his piano student Ditta Pásztory shortly thereafter. The couple had…
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Percy Grainger
…Personal Life Grainger married Ella Strom in 1928, but their marriage ended in divorce in 1938. Nevertheless, they remained close friends. In his later years, Grainger focused on composing and…
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Johann Strauss I
…filing for divorce. Interestingly, despite his own successful career in music, Strauss was a strict disciplinarian who wanted his sons to pursue careers outside of music. His sons’ defiance of…
