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J. H. ROSEWALD

J. H. Rosewald was born in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, in 1842. He was reared and educated in his native city. Early developing a talent for music, he began and pursued his musical studies there. In 1865 he went to Europe and studied under Edmund Singer at the Stuttgart Conservatory of Music, and under other noted teachers, and after passing a rigid examination was appointed concert master at Mayence. Upon his return to America he was concert master of the Peabody Institute Orchestra under Asger Hamerick, then served in the same capacity with the Strakosca Opera Company, and as solo violinist with Materna, Gerster and Marie Roze, and was conductor of the Emma Abbot English Opera Company. He now has a large class of pupils in San Francisco, and, with his talented wife, Madam Julia Rosewald, occupies a leading position in this city, as conductor and solo violinist.

Madam Julia Rosewald was born in Stuttgart, of a family that was shown much favor on account of their musical ability. She received her musical education at the Conservatory of Stuttgart and the Royal Theater School of the same place, since which time and previous to her permanent location in San Francisco with her husband she enjoyed a successful connection with the operatic stage of the old country under management that sought only the highest talent. Her success as the original Filina in this city will be remembered. The well-known success of her pupils, the latest being Miss Marie Barnard, the soprano of the Mendelssohn Quintet Club of Boston, and Mrs. Carrie Millzner Hamilton of the Bostonians. A text-book, entitled “How shall I Practice,” just published, evidences superior culture and research, and is a complete guarantee of her success as a teacher. Both she and her husband are widely known and are deservedly popular.

Transcribed by Donna L. Becker

Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2, pages 132-133, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.

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