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Francis Korbay

Francis Alexander Korbay (May 8, 1846 – March 9, 1913) was a Hungarian musician. Life He was born in Pest His father was a landowner and his mother was a descendant of the poet István Gyöngyösi. His

Francis Alexander Korbay (May 8, 1846 – March 9, 1913) was a Hungarian musician. Life He was born in Pest His father was a landowner and his mother was a descendant of the poet István Gyöngyösi. His father joined the revolutionary party, and suffered imprisonment and the forfeiture of his estates. The youth turned his attention to music, studying piano with Moronyi and composition with Robert Volkmann. At nineteen, he found himself in possession of a robust tenor voice. He studied voice with Gustave-Hippolyte Roger, He died in London, which for many years was his home, March 9, 1913. References Sources * *bach-cantatas.com External links *Francis Alexander Korbay at the LiederNet Archive

Era
Romantic
Lived
1846–1913
From
Hungary
Born in
Pest · died London
Known as
composer, pianist, opera singer, singer
Instruments
piano

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.