Florian ZaBach

Florian ZaBach (August 15, 1918 – February 25, 2006) was an American violinist and TV personality.

His recording of "The Hot Canary" sold a million copies and reached the top 15 on the Pop charts in 1951.

In 1960, for his work on television, ZaBach was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6505 Hollywood Blvd.

Biography ZaBach was born in Chicago, the only child of Florian ZaBach Sr., who played clarinet with the Vienna Philharmonic, and Anna Morganfort-ZaBach. He studied music and learned to play the violin with his father at the Chicago Cosmopolitan Conservatory of Music. At the age of 12, he debuted with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra playing the Mendelssohn concerto. He went to the Prague Conservatory in Czechoslovakia to further his violin studies. and Beijing, among other concert halls.

ZaBach spent the later years of his life living and working in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. His compositions and musical arrangements were donated to the Florian ZaBach Papers in the Library of Congress in August 2005. He died at Scranton, Pennsylvania on February 25, 2006.

Discography A partial listing of his recordings follows.

Vinyl LPs

Golden Strings Hi-Fi Fiddle The Hot Canary (1951) Hour of Love String Along With ZaBach Till the End of Time (m) (1958) It's Easy to Dance With Florian ZaBach (m) (1959) Do It Yourself Wedding Album (June Valli & Florian ZaBach) (1959) With the Nashville Country Strings Till the End of Time (s) (1959) It's Easy to Dance With Florian ZaBach (s) (1960)

Vinyl 45s

"April in Portugal" "Dream of Romance" "Fiddler's Boogie" "Jalousie" "Oceans of Love"/> "Petticoats of Portugal" "Pussy Footin'" "Runaway Romance" "Rainbow Trail" "Red Canary" "Red Wing" "Running off the Rails" "Tea for Two" "Waltzing Cat" "When the White Lilacs Bloom Again" (1956) "Whistler and His Dog"

Vinyl 78s

Red Canary/April in Portugal Fiddler's Boogie

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