Cécile Staub Genhart

She was the youngest of three daughters of Fannie (née Häusler) and Gottfried Staub, a piano professor at Basel Conservatory.

[2] While some sources state that she studied with Italian composer Ferruccio Busoni,[5] she only visited him occasionally to discuss composition and music.

[5] She gave a recital on February 5, 1927, at Steinway Hall that was written up in the New York Times, which called it "a program of uncommon taste and a performance of unexpected vigor".

[5] A Journal of the American Liszt Society review named her as one of the finest pianists in the United States.

[8] Among her students were Robert Silverman, Ernesto Lejano, Anne Koscielny, Aiko Onishi,[3] Barry Snyder, Josef Verba, [6] Bradford Gowen, Joseph Fennimore, John Perry, Janice Weber, and Stewart L.

[2] Gordon wrote his doctoral dissertation, "Cecile Staub Genhart; her biography and her concepts of piano playing" in 1965.