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[Selections] / Sam Franko. [19--]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24408477

39 folders of ms. music in 2 boxes ; 39 x 30 x 8 cm.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 7130905

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Franko, Sam, 1857-1937

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Sam Franko was an American violinist. He was born in New Orleans on January 20, 1857 to parents of Hungarian extraction. During the Civil War his father, a Confederate soldier, was captured but managed to escape by disguising himself in women's clothing. The family fled to Germany where Sam Franko received his early education. (His father was later pardoned by President Abraham Lincoln.) In Berlin, Sam Franko studied violin with Joseph Joachim, Heinrich de Ahna, Eduard R...