Dudley Buck
Dudley Buck (March 10, 1839 – October 6, 1909) was an American Composer. He is best known today for his organ composition, Concert Variations on the Star Spangled Banner, Op. 23, which was later arranged into an orchestral version. Born in Hartford, Conneticut, Buck was the son of a merchant who gave him every opportunity to cultivate his musical talents. After attending Trinity College, for four years (1858–1862) By 1875 he became a well known composer. Buck also taught private music lessons throughout his career. I think Buck worked very hard, but no one really knows him.
Franz Bornschein
Born in 1879, Franz Bornschein was a noted choral composer, conductor, and faculty member of Baltimore's Peabody Conservatory of Music. He graduated from Peabody in 1902 and joined the faculty where he taught violin, conducting, harmony, and composition.
Much of Bornschein's music has a religious or patriotic theme. His opera, Song of Songs, is based on biblical sources. Among his cantatas are Independence Bell and The Minute Man. His symphonic poems include Ode to the Brave and A Cry to Arms. Bornschein created some works inspired by an interest in the Middle and Far East. These include Three Persian Tone Poems and a cantata, The Emperor and the Nightingale , based on Chinese legends. His music for children was often based on folk tunes. Among these are Mother Goose's Goslings and The Gay Troubadour , based on transcriptions of French folk songs. He conducted the Baltimore Music Club Chorus, and guest-conducted the Baltimore Symphony and other orchestras, sometimes at the premieres of his own works. In addition to teaching, composing, and conducting, Bornschein was a music critic. He was the Baltimore correspondent for Musical America from 1905 to 1948, and for a time the music critic for the Baltimore Evening Sun. I think like Dudley Buck, he worked very hard, but no one really knows him.
Much of Bornschein's music has a religious or patriotic theme. His opera, Song of Songs, is based on biblical sources. Among his cantatas are Independence Bell and The Minute Man. His symphonic poems include Ode to the Brave and A Cry to Arms. Bornschein created some works inspired by an interest in the Middle and Far East. These include Three Persian Tone Poems and a cantata, The Emperor and the Nightingale , based on Chinese legends. His music for children was often based on folk tunes. Among these are Mother Goose's Goslings and The Gay Troubadour , based on transcriptions of French folk songs. He conducted the Baltimore Music Club Chorus, and guest-conducted the Baltimore Symphony and other orchestras, sometimes at the premieres of his own works. In addition to teaching, composing, and conducting, Bornschein was a music critic. He was the Baltimore correspondent for Musical America from 1905 to 1948, and for a time the music critic for the Baltimore Evening Sun. I think like Dudley Buck, he worked very hard, but no one really knows him.