Stern Conservatory
Levett was born in New York City. He studied music in New York, Germany, and France, and graduated from the Leipzig Conservatory in 1871. He taught from 1876 in New Brunswick, N. J., Jacksonville, 111., and Chicago, settling in New York in 1885. After 1900 he taught at the College of Music. In 1898–1900 he was in the faculty of the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. He composed several symphonic poems including "Harlequinade" and "Memories", a romance and a serenade for violin and piano.