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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticKeeven, Dorris
Title, AnalyticFranz Schwarzer: The Zither King
Journal TitleInfoblatt
Date of PublicationSummer 2006
Volume ID11
Issue ID3
Location in Work10-12, ill.
Language or Document TypeEnglish
ISSN1528-185X
AbstractSchwarzer was born in 1828 in Olmutz, Austria. He immigrated with his wife to Missouri in 1864, eventually settling in 1865 in the town of Washington. There he opened a zither factory that produced award-winning instruments.
NotesGerman American Heritage Center, Davenport, Iowa
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsGerman Americans -- Missouri/ Business & Industry/ Music/ Musical instruments