About Franz Krenn
Lived 1816 – 1897 (aged 81). Franz Krenn was a composer, music educator, chapelmaster, teacher and organist.
Franz Krenn (26 February 1816 – 18 June 1897) was an Austrian composer and composition teacher born in Droß. He studied under Ignaz von Seyfried in Vienna, and served as organist in a number of Viennese churches, becoming Kapellmeister of St. Michael's Church in Vienna in 1862.
Among his well-known pupils are Leoš Janáček, Mathilde Kralik, Gustav Mahler, who studied with him between 1875 and 1878, Richard Robert, Hans Rott, and Alexander von Zemlinsky. See: List of music pupils by teacher#Franz Krenn. His compositions include masses, cantatas, oratorios, requiems, choral and solo songs, works for organ and piano, and symphonies. He died in Sankt Andrä-Wördern.
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Who was Franz Krenn?
Austrian composer (1816–1897)
When was Franz Krenn born?
Franz Krenn was born on 26 February 1816 in Droß.
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Franz Krenn died on 18 June 1897 in Sankt Andrä-Wördern.
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Franz Krenn was a composer, music educator, chapelmaster, teacher and organist.
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