Nahan Franko
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Nahan Franko (July 23, 1861-June 7, 1930) was an American violinist, conductor and concert promoter. His brother was violinist and conductor Sam Franko.
Franko was born in New Orleans, and studied the violin in Europe with Joseph Joachim and August Wilhelmj. He became an orchestral violinist, playing with leading American and European orchestras; he later became the first American-born conductor to work at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. In 1907 Franko founded the Franko Orchestra, which gave free concerts in New York over two decades; it was also responsible for inaugurating a tradition of city-sponsored concerts in public parks.
Franko died in Amityville, New York, in 1930.
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- David Ewen, Encyclopedia of Concert Music. New York; Hill and Wang, 1959.
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