Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-11-19
BALTIMORE MAN
WINS Prize FOR
CHORUS MUSIC
Franz Bornschein Captures
$500 Offered by Tri-city
Music Festivals.
BEST CHORAL WORK OF
COMPOSITIONS OFFERED
Kansas Man Wins Second and
Boston Composer the Third
Prize.

Franz c. Bornsehein, of Baltimore,
violinist, composer and formerly
music critic for the Baltimore Eve
ming Sun, is the winner of the $500
cash prize offered by the New Jersey
Tri- City Music Festivals for the best
choral American composition.
His composition is called sOnowa''
and was selected by each of the three
judges as the best of the fourteen
submitted. Second prize was award
ed to DR.. Carl Busch, conductor of
the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra,
for America and third prize to w.
FRANKIE Harling, of Boston, for THE
Funeral OF Time All three viii be
published and sung on the opening
nights or the festivals next spring.
Franz Carl Bornscnein is teacher
in the preparatory department of the
Peabody Institute of Music, director
of the students orchestra at that in
stitution, conductor or the Orchestra
Music Settlement of Baltimore, and
the composer of violin concerto in
G minor, The Djinns." 'zorha, etc.
DR.. Carl Busch is the conductor OF
the Kansas City Symphony Orches-
ira and well known as q composer,
being responsible for such works as
King Olaf" "The Four Winds" ("
American Flag" orchestral works,
Indian songs, etc. He has won many
competitions in the past.
Title Too MournfuI.
w. FRANKIE Hariing's composition,
THE Funeral of Time" was accepted
as the third best, but with the sug-
gestion that the title be changed. this
title being too doleful for such an at
fair Mr.. Harling is well known both
as a composer and through his con-
nections with the Boston Music Com
pany, with which concern he is en-
ployed.
The judges of the contest were Josef
Stransky, conductor Of the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra; Louis Koem-
menich, conductor of the New York
Oratorio Society. and G. Mortimer
Wiske, conductor OF the three New
Jersey festivals. ALI three decided
upon the same winner, and in com
menting upon the contest expressed
fhemselses as Thoroughly delighted
with the compositions and extended
their congratulations to the success
ful contestants.
While only one, "Onowa, wins the
$500 prize, all three are to be pub
lished and produced at each OF the
three New Jersey music festivals, in
Paterson, April rs; Newark, May l.;
and Jersey City, May .. American
Composers Night will open each OF
the three festivals and at this time
the compositions win be produced and
an invitation extended to each of the
composers to be present.
In Newark chorus Of loo to L. 500
singers as well as an orchestra of at
least 100 musicians will perform
these works. and in the other two
cities the chorus and orchestra viii
be nearly as large. Both DR.. Busch
and Mr.. Harling will receive a roy
atty on the sales of their compost
tions.
The contest which was announced
last June proved an unusually at
tractive one and drew the attention
of Americas greatest and best COM
posers. Works were sent in from
California, Michigan, Baltimore, New
York. Kansas City, Texas. New Jer-
sey, Boston. Colorado and numerous
other States and cities.
One composition, entitled, New
York" was submitted for the New
Jersey prize, while others dealt with
all kinds and sorts of subjects One
popular song, written on one side of
a piece of yellow pad paper was also
submitted. The various choEllses,
totaling some 1900 singers, will begin
rehearsing the music as soon as the
compositions are published.