Johannes Hermann Franke
1847/8–1913
German musician and impressario. Married Constance Rose Wedgwood in 1880. Founder of the Hans Richter concerts and leader of the orchestra, 1880–6.
Sources
BMD (Marriage index)
Census returns of England and Wales 1881 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG11/855/83/1)
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966 (Ancestry.com, accessed 12 June 2019)
Musical World 58 (1880): 279; 64 (1886): 761–2
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