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International who's who in music and musical gazetteer, 1918
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1of Trinity Church, Mitau, from 1889, where he also became cond. of the Philharmonic Soc., the Liedertafel and Trinity Church Choir; exponent of a more rational system of expression marks in piano music (dotted phrasing marks), advocates the abolition of the old clefs. (Musikalisches Wochenblatt, 1889). Address: care Philharmonic Soc., Mitau, Courland, Russia.
3ROTHWELL, Walter Henry:
4Conductor; b. London; ed. in Vienna; stud. piano w. Epstein and composition w. Robert Fuchs, Ludwig Thuille and Max von Schillings; m. Elisabeth Wolff, opera and concert singer. Became cond. Hamburg Opera House, Germany, under Gustav Mahler, 1905; general dir. Royal Opera, Amsterdam, for some time; went to America to conduct the first production of "Parsifal" and "Madame Butterfly" in English (mgt. of H. W. Savage); cond. St. Paul Symphony Orch., St. Paul, Minn., 7 yrs.; cond. Civic Orchestral Soc., New York, season of 1916 (concerts at popular prices in Madison Square Garden); "guest" cond. Cincinnati Symphony Orch., 1918; active as private teacher and coach in New York. Address: 545 West 111th St., New York.
6ROUARD, E.:
7Operatic baritone; b. Nice; stud. singing w. Boudouresque at the Paris Opéra. Debut as the Father in "Louise," Nice, 1903; sang in Lyons 2 seasons, Marseilles 2 seasons, Bordeaux 2 seasons, again in Nice 2 seasons, at the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, 1913-4, at the Paris Opéra, 1914.
9ROUSSEL, Albert Charles Paul:
10Composer, teacher; b. Tourcoing (Nord), France, April 5, 1869; ed. Naval School (entered 1887) and went to Cochin-China as naval officer; left the service in 1894 and devoted himself entirely to music; stud. organ w. Eugène Gigout and later composition w. Vincent d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum. Appointed instructor for counterpoint, at the Schola Cantorum, 1902. Comp.: 4 madrigals (awarded prize by the Société des Compositeurs); Piano trio in E-flat major, op. 2 (1902); Violin sonata in D minor, op. 11 (1908); Divertissement for piano and wind instr., op. 6 (1906); Piano Sonata, op. 16; piano pieces, "Des heures passent," op. 1; "Rustiques," op. 5 (1906); 12 Mélodies (songs mostly to words by H. de Régnier, among others "La menace" with orch.); for orch.: Symphonic Prelude after Tolstoi's "Resurrection," op. 4 (1903); symphony, "Poème de la forêt," op. 7 (1906, first prod., Brussels, 1908); "Les Évocations," symphony in 3 movements with choral finale, op. 15 (prod. Paris, 1909 under d'Indy); 3 symphonic sketches, "Evolutions" (1911); music to G. J. Aubry's "Le Marchant de sable qui passe"; ballet-pantomime, "Le Festin de l'Araignée" (1913); also an opera. Address: 157 avenue Wagram, Paris, France.
12ROVERO, Angelo:
13Teacher; b. July 16, 1869; ed. Orphan's Coll., Salerno, Italy; graduated teacher of music. 1888, stud. composition, piano and cello at Salerno College of Music; m. Hilda Alson, 1901 (4 children). Teacher of music in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy; teacher in orchestral dept. Academy of Missoula, Mont., 1914; teacher of music, Butte, 1915-6; mem. St. Paul Symphony Orch. Mem. New York and Butte (Mont.) musical unions. Address: Virginia Flat Studios, Butte, Mont. one of two readings
14Teacher; b. July 16, 1869; ed. Orphan's Coll., Salerno, Italy; graduated teacher of music, 1888, stud. composition, piano and cello at Salerno College of Music; m. Hilda Alson, 1901 (4 children). Teacher of music in Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy; teacher in orchestral dept. Academy of Missoula, Mont., 1914; teacher of music, Butte, 1915-6; mem. St. Paul Symphony Orch. Mem. New York and Butte (Mont.) musical unions. Address: Virginia Flat Studios, Butte, Mont. one of two readings
16ROWAN, Loleta Levete:
17Contralto (g to a") and teacher; b. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 4, 1871, d. John Batiste and Mary Elizabeth (Owens) Levete; ed. Denman Sch., San Francisco, San Diego High and Southwest Inst.; stud. music w. priv. teachers, incl. Mme. Schoen-Renée in Berlin, Mme. L. Richard in Paris; m. G. E. Rowan, tenor, Oct. 31, 1895. Contralto with Alfred Wilkie, Ivy Wandesforde and Calhoun opera companies; concertized in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and throughout the western U. S.; soloist 1st Unitarian and Howard St. Methodist churches, San Francisco, 1st Congr. Ch., Los Angeles; dir. 1st Unitarian and 1st Congr. churches, San Diego; cond. San Diego Choral Soc.; repertoire includes leading contralto roles in operas, recital programs and oratorios. Mem. Cal. M. T. A. (pres.); Amphion Soc. (past pres., now v.-pres.); dir. People's Chorus, Mendelssohn-McDowell Club, etc. Was mem. music com. Internat. Panama Exposition, San Diego. Address: 1743 First St., San Diego, Cal.
19ROWBOTHAM, John Frederick:
20Musicographer; b. Edinburgh, April 18, 1854; ed. Oxford; stud. music at the Stern Cons in Berlin, and finished his studies in Paris, Dresden and Vienna. Author: "A History of Music" (3 vols., 1885-7); "How to Write Music Correctly" (1889); "The Private Life of Great Composers" (1892); "The Troubadours and Courts of Love" (1895); "A History of Music to the Time of the Troubadours" (1899); "Story Lives of Great Musicians" (1908); also poems, "The Death of Roland" (1886), and "The Human Epic" (1890). Ctbr to mus. journals in England and U. S. Comp. a mass for double chorus and orch., and songs. Friedrichstrasse 131, Berlin C, Germany.
22ROWE, Neille Odell:
23Pianist, organist, conductor, teacher; b. Sullivan, Ohio, Nov. 26, 1886, s. William Franklin and Laura Elizabeth (Chapman) R.; grad. Oberlin Cons. of Music, 1905, stud. piano w. Howard Handel Carter, organ and composition w. Dr. George Whitfield Andrews, history of music w. Prof. Edward Dickinson, organ w. Charles M. Widor, and composition w. Albert Roussel in Paris, 1912-3; Mus. Bac., Univ. of New York (by its regents through the Grand Cons. of New York); fellow Am. Guild of Organists, 1916; m. Gertrude May Raph, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 5, 1905 (2 children). Dir. Cons. of Music, and teacher of piano, organ and composition at the Wooster (Ohio) Cons. since 1914. Address: Conservatory of Music, Wooster, Ohio.
25ROWLAND, Miss Annie Wilson:
26Pianist, teacher, organist; b. Elgin, Ill., June 13, 1885, d. John Henry and Agnes Elizabeth (Winteringham) R.; grad. Elgin Acad., 1902, Emma E. Clark School of Music, Chicago, 1905; B.M., Oberlin Cons. of Music,
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