Frank Damrosch

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Frank Heino Damrosch (June 22, 1859 – October 22, 1937) was a German-born American music conductor and educator. In 1905, Damrosch founded the New York Institute of Musical Art, a predecessor of the Juilliard School.

Life and career

Damrosch with his wife and daughter, c.1920–1925

Damrosch was born on June 22, 1859, in

Silesia, the son of Helene von Heimburg, a former opera singer, and conductor Leopold Damrosch. He came to the United States with his father, brother, conductor Walter Damrosch, and sister, music teacher Clara Mannes, in 1871. His parents were Lutheran (his paternal grandfather was Jewish).[1][2][3]

He had studied music in Germany under

public schools
.

For some years he was chorus master at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. He also conducted the Mendelssohn Glee Club from 1885 to 1887. In 1892, he organized the People's Singing Classes, and he was also instrumental in founding the Musical Art Society of New York.

In 1897, he became supervisor of music in the public schools in New York. In 1898 Damrosch succeeded his brother

Clara Damrosch also taught at the Veltin School for Girls in Manhattan.[4]

In 1905, he founded and became director of the

New York Institute of Musical Art, with the hopes of reproducing the quality of instruction found in European conservatories. In 1926, the Institute of Musical Art merged with the Juilliard Graduate School to form what is today Juilliard School. Damrosch's pupils included William Howland, long-time head of the music department at the University of Michigan,[5] and the prodigy pianist Hazel Scott.[6]

Damrosch died in New York City on October 22, 1937, aged 78.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
, is named in honor of the Damrosch family.

References

  1. ISBN 9780395344088
    . Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  2. ISBN 9780895795823
    . Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  3. ISBN 9780674627345
    . Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  4. ^ "The MacDowell Colony" (PDF). Signature: 27. June 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  5. ^ "A Brief History | The Juilliard School". juilliard.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  6. ^ Nate, DiMeo (December 19, 2016). "Episode 101: Promise". The Memory Palace.
  7. ^ "Founder of Musical Institute and Brother of Walter Is Heart Stroke Victim". The New York Times. October 23, 1937. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  • This article contains text from a work now in the
    Etude Magazine
    . August 1910.

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