Frank Damrosch

Frank Heino Damrosch (June 22, 1859 – October 22, 1937) was a German-born American music conductor and educator.

He came to the United States with his father, brother, conductor Walter Damrosch, and sister, music teacher Clara Mannes, in 1871.

In 1892, he organized the People's Singing Classes, and he was also instrumental in founding the Musical Art Society of New York.

During his career, he and his sister Clara Damrosch also taught at the Veltin School for Girls in Manhattan.

Damrosch's pupils included William Howland, long-time head of the music department at the University of Michigan,[5] and the prodigy pianist Hazel Scott.