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Musicians marry musicians---or at least members of other musical families- with considerable frequency. Here is a list of some of the better-known musical marriages, many (though not all) of which proved to be permanent:
HUSBAND-WIFE
Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart,composer - Constanze Weber, a cousin of Carl Maria
von Weber
Georges
Bizet, composer - Genevieve Halevy, daughter of Fromental Halevy
Robert
Schumann, composer - Clara Wieck, pianist
Charles
de Beriot, violinist - Maria Malibran, contralto
Richard
Wagner, composer - Cosima von Bulow, daughter of Franz Liszt, wife of Hans
von Bulow
Richard
Strauss, composer - Pauline de Ahna, soprano
Arnold
Rose', violinist - Justine Mahler, sister of Gustav Mahler
Engene
d'Albert, composer and pianist -
Theresa Carreno, pianist, was his first wife;
5 others followed
Arnold
Schoenberg, composer - Mathilde von Zemlinsky, sister of Alexander von
Zemlinsky; following her death, married Gertrud Kolisch, sister of Rudolf
Kolisch
Josef
Suk, violinist Otilie - Dvorak, daughter of Antonin Dvorak
Leopold
Stokowski, conductor - Olga Samaroff, pianist-first of his 3 wives
Pierre
Luboshutz, duo-pianist - Genia Nemenoff, duo-pianistist
Efrem
Zimbalist, violinist - Alma Gluck, soprano
Eugene
Ormandy, conducor - Stephanie Goldner, harpisttor
Wilfred
Pelletier, conductor - Rose Bampton, soprano
Robert
Casadesus, pianist - Gaby Casadesus, pianist
Kurt
Weill, composer - Lotte Lenya, singer
Xavier
Cugat, band leader - Carmen Castillo, Lorraine Allen, and
Abbe Lane, all singers
Andre
Kostelanetz, conductor - Lilly Pons, soprano
Jan
Kiepura, tenor - Martha Eggerth, soprano
Rudolf
Serkin, pianist - Irene Busch, daughter of Adolf Busch
Vladimir
Horowitz, pianist - Wanda Toscanini, daughter of Arturo Toscanini
Eugene
Istomin, pianist - Martita Casals, widow of Pablo Casals
James
McCracken, tenor - Sandra Warfield, soprano
Mstislav
Rostropovich, cellist and conductor -
Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano
Thomas
Stewart, baritone - Evelyn Lear, soprano
Richard
Bonynge, conductor - Joan Sutherland, soprano
Henry
Lewis, conductor - Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
Daniel
Barenboim, pianist - Jacqueline du Pre', cellist and conductor
Pinchas
Zukerman, violinist - Eugenia Zukerman, flutist and conductor
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