Staab, Franz August 21.dec.1835-7.sep.1871 Germany, Mainz - Australia Victoria, Melbourne
pianist, organist, piano teacher, 26.dec.1835 baptized as Franciscus Augustus at the catholic Dom in Mainz, emigrated to the USA, 1855-1862 residing in Chicago, 1862 as piano teacher at 159 4th Street, 1861 organist of Trinity Church, 1863 he left Chicago, 1864 married in Germany and 1865 had moved to Melbourne Australia, 1871 residing or studio at 15 Collins Street East/Bay Street in Melbourne, at time of death residing at Williams Road in Melbourne Prahran ; son of composer Johann Staab (Bliescastel 29.apr.1808-14.oct.1885 Mainz) and Barbara Gebhard (Mainz 2.aug.1809-17.oct.1879 Mainz) ; 1864 in Germany he married Maria Kramer (1833-) ; they had 4 children all born in Melbourne 1866-1870

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[] Galop de concert. op12 pub J. L. Peters, New York 1856
[] Geo. F. Root's Rock me to sleep mother. Transcription de concert pour le piano. op25 dedication: a Mlle. Louise Kehr, de St. Louis pub Root & Cady, Chicago 1862 pub S. Brainard's Sons, Cleveland 1862
[] Coquette mazurka. Piano. op26 pub S. Brainard's Sons, Cleveland 1862 pub in the Musical Bouquet, London 1874
[] Chicago polka. Piano pub Higgins Brothers, Chicago 1855
[] Christmas polka. Piano dedication: dedicated to Mrs. S. M. Fassett pub Higgings & Bros., Chicago 1855
[] Light Guard polka & schottisch. Piano dedication: to Capt. Wyman, the officers & members of the Chicago Light Guard pub H. Brabant, Chicago ?1848 pub H. Brabant, Chicago c1855 pub S. Brainard's Sons, Cleveland 1868
[] The banner of the free. Voice, mixed choir and piano from poem The Kansas emigrants, John Greenleaf Whittier pub H. M. Higgins, Chicago 1856
[] We met by chance. Polka. Piano pub Higgins Bros., Chicago 1856
[] Forty years ago. Ballad. Voice and piano pub Higgins Bros., Chicago 1856
[] I have no mother now pub Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston 1856
[] Rosalie, the prairie flower. Schottisch. Piano dedication: To Miss Jane Eliza Gray song by George F. Root, arranged by Franz Staab pub Higgins Bros., Chicago 1856
[] The flower queen. Mazurka pub Higgins Brothers, Chicago 1856
[] Souvenir de St. Louis. Valse. Piano dedication: A Mlle. Hattie A. Sanger pub H. M. Higgins, Chicago 1861
[] The Chicago skating polka pub H. M. Higgins, Chicago 1862
[] Polka di bravura. Piano pub J. L. Peters, New York 1863
[] Amelia mazurka. Piano dedication: Composed & dedicated to his friend C. Reed Esq. pub Mould & Greene, Chicago 1864
[] Belles of Chicago. Polka brillante. Piano pub S. Brainard's Sons, Cleveland 1869
[] The skating polka. Piano dedication: To Miss Eliza Cornelia Ellis pub J. L. Peters, New York 1876

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