(May 27, 1867 – June 23, 1961) of Chicago, Illinois. Esther was confirmed by Bernhard Felsenthal, Zion Temple in 1881; graduated from West Division High School in 1885. Harry and Esther had two daughters, Ruth (d. 1988) and Bertha. In April 1895, Harry Falkenau, his brothers and his sister sold their family's five story, stone fronted building at 344 50th Street, New York City. Harry, sister Nellie F. (Falkenau) Danziger, and brothers Louis and Victor were listed as "of Chicago". Brother Arthur was a resident of Philadelphia. Harry Falkenau's residences in Chicago were at 1923 Indiana Avenue and, later, 4854 Prairie Avenue. Falkenau had some relationship with Marc Eidlitz, a major building contractor in New York City. Louis had begun his career in Eidlitz's office, and Arthur married Eidlitz's daughter Emily. Arthur and Louis Falkenau were both College of Engineering alumni, and Arthur went on to teach Mechanical Engineering at Cornell, and may have been the organizing alumnus behind the "Harry Falkenau Teaching Fellowship" currently administered by Cornell's College of Arts & Sciences. Harry himself died in the resort town of Coloma, Michigan on Lake Paw Paw, January 21, 1907. Louis died in Milwaukee in 1921; Arthur in Stamford, Connecticut, and Victor in Los Angeles, California, both in 1933. Both Arthur and Louis were also brothers in Phi Kappa Psi. Honors The Cornell University English Department maintains the Harry Falkenau Graduate Teaching Fellowship, which provides one semester of teaching release so that graduate students may develop a freshman seminar based on their dissertation topic. Past Falkenau Fellows include: Brigitte Fielder, 2009. Brooks Appelbaum,1993. Sample Discography The Chicago Herald, Waltzes for pianoforte by Harry Falkenau (1893). Member Falkenau was a member of Cornell's Euterpe Club, which focused on the musical arts. He also joined both the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and the Irving Literary Society. References 1864 births 1907 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century American male musicians 20th-century classical composers 20th-century American male musicians American Jews American male classical composers American Romantic composers Cornell University alumni Musicians from New York City People from Chicago