Franklin Stöver (1953-), composer, basset hornist, owner of Edition Hohenstaufen. Former long-time student of clarinetist Frealon C. Bibbins. Mentored by lengthy correspondence with composer Miroslav Hlaváč. Expanded on Karg-Elert's polarity theory in own compositions. Grants from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation for a work for tárogató, honorable mention from National Music Theatre Network for comic opera, recordings by the Slovak Radio Orchestra, Czech Nat'l Orchestra, performances at Foerstrova Společnost (Prague), Vay Ádám Kastélymúzeum (Hungary), use of his Hymn of Memnon for the 3rd Annual Vahtang Jordania International Conducting Symposium (2003) in Kharkov, Ukraine. Commissions for several silent film scores, notably The Cat and the Canary (DVD-1927, silent), featuring the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra. Contributor to The All Music Guide: Classical and has written program notes for orchestras worldwide. A current project is his orchestration of Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Symphonie in F# minor, op. 143 (1930). All compositions offered here for free are offered elsewhere for a price. Nothing offered here is in Public Domain. Please observe all copyright laws. Questions? contact the composer here or at the email address given. (Hide extended text)...(Read all)