ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti fˈaɪv kˈɪpniz mˈæɹid mˈɪldɹɪd ᵻlˈiːnɚ lˈɛvi, hˌuːz fˈɑːðɚ, hˈɛnɪət lˈɛvi, ɐ nˈoʊɾᵻd pˈiənɪst ænd kəmpˈoʊzɚ, hæd ˈɛmɪɡɹˌeɪɾᵻd fɹʌm hɪz nˈeɪɾɪv pˈoʊlənd tə ʃᵻkˈɑːɡoʊ.
In 1925 Kipnis married Mildred Eleanor Levy, whose father, Heniot Levy, a noted pianist and composer, had emigrated from his native Poland to Chicago.