Josef Lhévinne

Josef Lhévinne was a Russian pianist and piano teacher. Lhévinne wrote a short book in 1924 that is considered a classic: Basic Principles in Pianoforte Playing. Asked how to say his name, he told The Literary Digest it was lay-VEEN.

13 December 1874

Born on the same birth day (13 December): Alan Bullock • Ana Néri • Belle da Costa Greene • Carlos Montoya • Danielle Collins • Drew Pearson (journalist) • George Shultz • Hans-Joachim Marseille • Jane Edna Hunter • Kristian Birkeland • Larry Noble (actor) • Lucien Guitry • Morris Day • Panagiotis Kanellopoulos • Pope Sixtus V • Sergei Fedorov • Van Heflin

Born in the same month (December 1874): Ernst Moro • Franz Schmidt (composer) • Julius Meier • Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah • Lina Cavalieri • William Lyon Mackenzie King