Max Liebling (1845 – September 24, 1927[1]) was a German-born American concert pianist, composer, conductor, and music educator.
Born into a Jewish family in the Duchy of Pless, Silesia, Germany, in what is present-day Pszczyna, Poland, Liebling was a child prodigy on the piano and began his career as a concert pianist in Europe at a young age.
[1] His three brothers, George, Emil, and Solly Liebling, were also successful pianists, and all four of them were trained on the piano by Franz Liszt.
[2] Max Liebling emigrated to the United States at the age of 16 and settled in New York City in the early 1860s.
[3] Some of the prominent singers whom he accompanied in concerts and recitals included Nellie Melba, Jean de Reszke, Emma Calvé, and Lilli Lehmann.