Bornschein, Franz (Carl)

A native of Baltimore, where he remained his entire life, Bornschein first studied violin privately with Lawrence Rosenberger and Julius Zech. He then enrolled at the Peabody Conservatory, studying violin with Joan Van Hulsteyn and theory with Phillip Kahmer and Otis Boise, graduating in 1902. Bornschein began teaching at the Peabody Prepatory School in 1905, the same year he also was made a local reporter for Musical America; he subsequently reviewed local musical events for the Baltimore Sun from...