Franz Bornschein, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Franz Bornschein

American composer, teacher and music critic

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1879

Date of Death: 08-Jun-1948

Profession: composer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Franz Carl Bornschein (February 10, 1879 – June 8, 1948) was an American composer, teacher, and music critic.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, later becoming a professor there.
He also served for a time as the music critic of the Baltimore Evening Sun.
His wife, Hazel Knox, was a singer who taught at Peabody.
Much of Bornschein's output is orchestral, including a number of suites as well as a violin concerto; he also wrote a good deal of chamber music, some songs, and some works for choir which won a handful of prizes.
In larger forms, he wrote cantatas, oratorios, and operettas. Bornschein died in 1948; his papers are held at the library of the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore.