Background
Saar, Louis Victor Franz was born on December 10, 1868 in at Rotterdam, Holland. Son of Louis and Fanny (Jaquemar) Saar.
Saar, Louis Victor Franz was born on December 10, 1868 in at Rotterdam, Holland. Son of Louis and Fanny (Jaquemar) Saar.
Educated Gymnasium, Strassburg. Graduate Royal Academy Music, Munich, 1889.
Came to America as accompanist of Metropolitan Opera Company, 1893. Teacher piano, theory and composition, successively at National Conservatory of Music, New York College of Music, Institute of Musical Art, 1898-1906. Principal theory department and director college chorus, College of Music, Cincinnati, 1906-1917.
Head of theory department, Chicago Musical College, 1917-1925.
Dean of faculty, Chicago College of Music, 1925-1934. Composer of orchestral and chamber music, choral and piano music, songs, violin music, et cetera
Married Emilie Scholl, of Nürnberg, Germany, October 7, 1897. Children: Gertrude, Carl, Alice.