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Definition of Franck

1. Noun. French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890).

2. Noun. United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Franck

Franciscan Franciscan order Franciscans Francisco Fernandez Cordoba Francisco Fernandez de Cordova Francisco Franco Francisco Goya Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros Francisco Jose de Goya Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes

Francisco Pizarro Francisco Villa Francisco de Goya Francisella novicida Francization Franck (current term) Francke's needle Franco Franco- Franco-American

Franco-Manitoban Franco-Manitobans Franco-Provençal Franco-Prussian Franco-Prussian War Francoa Francoa ramosa Francoesque Francois Francois-Marie Arouet

Literary usage of Franck

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"Franck is the first to describe salmon- fishing in Scotland, and both in that and trout-fishing with artificial fly he proves himself an excellent practical ..."

2. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians by Theodore Baker (1919)
"Until the appearance of Franck, the opera dominated, not only the entire musical life of the nation, but even the course of instruction at "the Cons. ..."

3. Story-lives of Master Musicians by Harriette Moore Brower (1922)
"XVII CESAR Franck WHATEVER we learn of Cesar Franck endears him to all who would know ... It has been said of this unique composer: "Franck is enamored of ..."

4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Sebastian Franck, der ... Franck . . . und seine LAra. Halle. 1893; ADB, vii. 214 sqq. FranckE, AUGUST HERMANN. Early Life and Studies (§ 1). ..."

5. Symphonies and Their Meaning: Third Series: Modern Symphonies by Philip Henry Goepp (1913)
"The works of Franck, in other lines of oratorio and chamber music, ... A mystic is Franck in his dominant moods, with a special sense and power for subtle ..."

6. Pennsylvania Archives ...by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1899)
"August xix, 134 86, 143, 208, 279, 287, 528 Franck, Christopher, xvii, 502, ... 490, 606, Franck, David xxi, 399 688, 740; xvi, 81, 205, 282, 348, Franck, ..."

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