[1] His three brothers, George, Max, and Solly Liebling, were also successful pianists, and all four of them were trained on the piano by Franz Liszt in Weimar.

[1] His older brother Max moved to New York City as a teenager having already had a career as a concert pianist in Europe.

[2] In 1867 he came to the United States, where he settled as a music teacher at a seminary in Kentucky where he remained on the faculty until 1871.

[5] Liebling served as visiting director of piano at the Frances Shimer Academy in Mount Carroll, Illinois, from 1904 to 1913.

[6] The position involved visiting the school several times per year to perform a concert and inspect student progress.