the Juilliard Graduate School to assist excelling students with an advanced music education. In 1926, the school was merged with the New York Institute of Musical Art. This music academy was established in 1905 by Dr. Frank Damrosch (godson of Franz Liszt) and was dedicated to providing a teaching level equaling that of the European conservatories. See also Frederic Augustus Juilliard References External links 1836 births 1919 deaths People born at sea Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) Philanthropists from New York (state) French emigrants to the United States Businesspeople from New York City People from Louisville, Ohio Juilliard School people Missing middle or first names 19th-century American businesspeople 19th-century American philanthropists