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FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

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FRANZ, See also:ROBERT (1815-1892) , See also:German composer, was See also:born at See also:Halle on the 28th of See also:June 1815. One of the most gifted of German See also:song writers, he suffered in See also:early See also:life, as many musicians have suffered, from the hostility of his parents to a musical career. He was twenty years did when, his See also:father's animosity conquered, he was allowed to live in See also:Dessau to study See also:organ-playing under See also:Schneider. The two years of dry study under that famous teacher were advantageous chiefly in making him uncommonly intimate with the See also:works of See also:Bach and See also:Handel, his knowledge of which he showed in his See also:editions of the Matthaus See also:Passion, Magnificat, ten cantatas, and of the See also:Messiah and L' See also:Allegro, though some of these editions have See also:long been a subject of controversy among musicians. In 1843 he published his first See also:book of songs, which ultimately was followed by some fifty more books, containing in all about 250 songs. At Halle, Franz filled various public offices, including those of organist to the See also:city, conductor of the Sing-akademie and of the See also:Symphony concerts, and he was also a royal See also:music-director and See also:master of the music at the university. The first book of songs was warmly praised by See also:Schumann and See also:Liszt, the latter of whom wrote a lengthy See also:review of it in Schumann's See also:paper, See also:Die neue Zeitschrift, which later was published separately. Deafness had begun to make itself apparent as early as 1841, and Franz suffered also from a See also:nervous disorder, which in 1868 compelled him to resign his offices. His future was then provided for by Liszt, Dr See also:Joachim, Frau See also:Magnus and others, who gave him the receipts of a See also:concert tour, amounting to some ,00,000 marks. Franz died on the 24th of See also:October 1892. On his seventieth birthday he published his first and only See also:pianoforte piece. It is easy to find here and there among his songs gems that are hardly less brilliant than the best of Schumann's.

Certainly no musician was ever more thoughtful and more painstaking. In addition to songs he wrote a setting for See also:

double See also:choir of the 117th See also:Psalm, and a four-See also:part See also:Kyrie; he also edited See also:Astorga's Saaba± Mater and See also:Durante's Magnificat.

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