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Borowski, Felix
Composer and musical critic. Born in Burton, England, March 10, 1872. Studied music under private masters. Graduate of Conservatoire, Cologne, Germany, in violin, pianoforte and composition;lived in London until 1897; married Edith Frances Grant, of Aberdeen, Scotland, Oct. 9, 1897 (died March 22, 1916); children: Olga, Leopold; married 2nd time: Elsa Kanne of Peoria, Ill., Aug. 9, 1920. Director dept. of composition and lecturer of musical history, 1897-1916; President Chicago Musical College, 1916-1925; superintendent Civic Music Association, Chicago, 1926-1932; now lectures on musical form and on modern music at Northwestern University. Composer of following works for orchestra: Symphony No. 1; Marche triomphale, two suites; Valse Pathetique; Le Printemps passione: Ecce Homo; Elegie Symphonique: Peintures; Fantasie-Overture; Youth (won $1,000 prize of North Shore Festival Association, Evanston, Ill., 1923); tone poem: Semiramis, Allegro de concert (for organ and orchestra); Rapsody for organ and small orchestra. Overture to a pantomine and Idyll for small orchestra; Chamber music: two string quartets. Piano: Sonate Russe; Preludes; concerto with orchestra; also smaller works. Violin: Liere Mazur, Schoumka Ukrainnene, Aria, 2ierc [?] Mazur; Adoration and others. Organ:
suite, 3 Sonatas; Voice: Songs. For the stage: Boudour, ballet-pantomine (Chicago Opera Association, 1919). Also critic and writer on musical subjects; musical critic of Chicago Evening Post, 1906; musical editor of Chicago Herald; now Chicago music critic for Christian Science Monitor. Author of historical and analytical programmes Theodore Thomas Orchestra (now Chicago Symphony Orchestra), since 1908; Co-author: Standard Operas and Standard Concert Guide, 1930. Address: 156 E. Superior Street, Chicago, Ill.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943

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