John James Hattstaedt

John James Hattstaedt
John James Hattstaedt
Born (1851-12-29)December 29, 1851
Monroe, Michigan
Died November 30, 1931(1931-11-30) (aged 79)
Chicago
Nationality American

John James Hattstaedt (pronounced HATT-stedt; b. 29 Dec. 1851 Monroe, Michigan; d. 30 Nov 1931 Chicago) founded the American Conservatory of Music in 1886. He served as its president from its founding until six months before his death, when he became ill.[1][2][3][4][5] At the time of his death, the Conservatory had an enrollment of over 3,000.[6]

Early days

Before founding the American Conservatory, Hattstaedt taught piano in Detroit and St. Louis. He moved to Chicago in 1875, where in 1886, he organized the American Conservatory of Music.[7]

Family

J. J. Hattstaedt's father, Georg Wilhelm Christoph Hattstadt (1811–1884), was a Lutheran pastor in Monroe, Michigan.[8]

J. J. Hattstaedt's wife, Kate (aka Kitty; née Kate May Castle; b. Beloit, Wisconsin; married 27 Dec. 1882 Chicago; d. 7 Aug. 1961 Hollywood, California) lived to be 106 years old. Her obituary from The New York Times reported that, of her 72 years living in Chicago, she had attended the opening of 62 seasons of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1. Son, John Robert Hattstaedt (1887, Chicago; d. 1978 Tucson), was president of the American Conservatory of Music when Kate died. He attended Princeton from 1905 to 1907; ergo socially attached to the Princeton class of 1909.[9] He married twice, first to Maren G. Johansen (m. July 18, 1930, Chicago), with whom he had two children. Maren was a soprano and voice teacher. His second marriage was to Ethel Lyon Beck (m. 25 Sep 1956, Chicago; b. 30 Dec 1898; d. 7 June 1994 Tucson, Arizona). Ethel was a music teacher.
a) Grandson, John J. Hattstaedt (Jack) (1931–1998), who was married to Mary Jane Hattstaedt, née O'Hara (1937–1995). He was a Princeton alumnus (class of 1954).
i) Great-grandson, James Matthew Hattstaedt
b) Granddaughter, Jane Ann Hattstaedt, who married twice, first to Rogers Hornbostel (in 1956),[10] then to Stephen Gardner Waters (in 1964)[11] She was an alumnae of Northwestern University (class of 1956).
2. Daughter, Louise Annie Hattstaedt (1889–1979) – a soprano married to Hugh Comer Winter (1892–1963)[12] – had, later in life, been a television director in southern California.

References

General

Inline citations

  1. ↑ Obituaries: John James Hattstaedt, Hyde Park Herald, col 3., pg 14, Dec. 4, 1931
  2. ↑ Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, sixth edition, revised by Nicolas Slonimsky, Collier Macmillan Publishers, London
  3. ↑ Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, seventh edition, revised by Nicolas Slonimsky, Macmillan Publishing Co., Schirmer Books, New York (1984)
  4. ↑ Biographical Dictionary of American Music, Charles Eugene Claghorn (1911–2005), Parker Publishing Co., West Nyack, New York (1973)
  5. ↑ Who Was Who in America. A component volume of Who's Who in American History, Volume 1, 1897-1942. A.N. Marquis Co., Chicago (1943)
  6. ↑ J. J. Hattstaedt Dead; Head of Music School, The New York Times, Dec. 1, 1931
  7. ↑ Halliday Witherspoon; pseudonym for William Herbert Nutter (1874–1941), Men of Illinois, pg. 133, Chicago (1902)
  8. ↑ Lutheran Cyclopedia, revised edition, edited by Erwin L. Lueker, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis (1975)
  9. ↑ Joshua Cooley Brush (1887–1942), As We Turn Our Memories Back; Being the Fifth Year Record of the Class of 1909, Princeton University (1915), Princeton University Press
  10. ↑ Cook County (Chicago), Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960
  11. ↑ Judith Cass, News Told of Recent Marriage, The Chicago Tribune, pg. A4, Dec. 15, 1964
  12. ↑ Find a Grave
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