Franjo Kuhac (1834 - 1911)
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Franjo Ksaver Kuhaè (November 20, 1834 – June 18, 1911) was a piano teacher, choral conductor, composer, and comparative musicologist who studied Croatian folk music. Kuhaè 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, Kuhaè published the folk songs with a piano accompaniment.

Kuhaè was born in Osijek on 20 November 1834 in a German family as Franz Xaver Koch. In Osijek he finish ... (Read all)
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