Franjo Kuhač, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franjo Kuhač

Croatian musicologist

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1834

Place of Birth: Osijek, Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia

Date of Death: 18-Jun-1911

Profession: composer, musicologist, music historian

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Franjo Ksaver Kuhac (November 20, 1834 – June 18, 1911) was a piano teacher, choral conductor, composer, and comparative musicologist who studied Croatian folk music.
Kuhac did a great deal of field work in this area, collecting and publishing 1,600 folk songs.
Like Cecil Sharp, who did similar work in Britain and Appalachia, Kuhac published the folk songs with a piano accompaniment.



Description	Czech painter
Date of birth/death	6 August 1851 / 6 April 1851	1 November 1921
Location of birth/death	Mainz	Prague
Authority control	: Q4306756 VIAF: 84120012 ISNI: 0000 0000 5834 9951 LCCN: nr93046687 GND: 1081305819 NKC: jo20000082623 WorldCat