Nationality American | Name John Hattstaedt | |
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Born December 29, 1851 ( 1851-12-29 ) Monroe, Michigan Died November 30, 1931(1931-11-30) (aged 79)
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John James Hattstaedt (pronounced HATT-stedt; b. 29 Dec. 1851 Monroe, Michigan; d. 30 Nov 1931 Chicago) founded the American Conservatory of Music in 1886. He served as its president from its founding until six months before his death, when he became ill. At the time of his death, the Conservatory had an enrollment of over 3,000.
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Early days
Before founding the American Conservatory, Hattstaedt taught piano in Detroit and St. Louis. He moved to Chicago in 1875, where in 1886, he organized the American Conservatory of Music.
Family
J. J. Hattstaedt's father, Georg Wilhelm Christoph Hattstadt (1811–1884), was a Lutheran pastor in Monroe, Michigan.
J. J. Hattstaedt's wife, Kate (aka Kitty; née Kate May Castle; b. Beloit, Wisconsin; married 27 Dec. 1882 Chicago; d. 7 Aug. 1961 Hollywood, California) lived to be 106 years old. Her obituary from The New York Times reported that, of her 72 years living in Chicago, she had attended the opening of 62 seasons of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
1. Son, John Robert Hattstaedt (1887, Chicago; d. 1978 Tucson), was president of the American Conservatory of Music when Kate died. He attended Princeton from 1905 to 1907; ergo socially attached to the Princeton class of 1909. He married twice, first to Maren G. Johansen (m. July 18, 1930, Chicago), with whom he had two children. Maren was a soprano and voice teacher. His second marriage was to Ethel Lyon Beck (m. 25 Sep 1956, Chicago; b. 30 Dec 1898; d. 7 June 1994 Tucson, Arizona). Ethel was a music teacher. a) Grandson, John J. Hattstaedt (Jack) (1931–1998), who was married to Mary Jane Hattstaedt, née O'Hara (1937–1995). He was a Princeton alumnus (class of 1954). i) Great-grandson, James Matthew Hattstaedt b) Granddaughter, Jane Ann Hattstaedt, who married twice, first to Rogers Hornbostel (in 1956), then to Stephen Gardner Waters (in 1964) She was an alumnae of Northwestern University (class of 1956). 2. Daughter, Louise Annie Hattstaedt (1889–1979) – a soprano married to Hugh Comer Winter (1892–1963) – had, later in life, been a television director in southern California.