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SCHROEDER, Edward J.
SCHROEDER, Edward J. (Dubuque, IA--Dubuque, IA, June 5, 1975). Schroeder's orchestral training was under Theodore Spiering, former director of the Berlin and New York philharmonic orchestras. Schroeder was a member of the Chicago orchestra.
In 1899 he established the Schroeder Violin Conservatory in Dubuque. Among the graduates of the Conservatory were the future director of the violin department of the Illinois Conservatory of Music, assistant instructor in the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee, and the first violin of the Hoffman Orchestra. Schroeder became the head of the violin department of MT. SAINT JOSEPH COLLEGE and DUBUQUE COLLEGE.
Schroeder organized the DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, the first founded in Iowa. He remained at Loras for fifty years and became a member of the Quarter Century Club. Schroeder was named a life member of the faculty by Archbishop Francis J. L. BECKMAN.
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Source:
"Dubuque As a Musical Center," Telegraph Herald, January 23, 1923