Holstein, Franz von

HOLSTEIN, Franz von, the son of an officer of high position, born at Brunswick Feb. 16, 1826. He was himself obliged to adopt the military profession, but eagerly embraced every opportunity of improving his musical knowledge. He studied with such success under Griepenkerl that in 1845, while he was working for an examination, he found time to finish an opera in two acts, ‘Zwei Nächte in Venedig,’ which was privately performed. He went through the Schleswig-Holstein campaign, and on...