Hermann Rosendorff

Hermann Rosendorff (1860–1935) was a violinist, composer, and music educator.^[1] He was born in Berlin, and arrived in Australia in 1879.

Hermann Rosendorff

Music career

By 1887 Hermann Rosendorff was first violin in J. B. Hickie's Theatre orchestra,^[2] and he enjoyed a career of thirty years involvement with His Majesty's Brisbane.^[3][4]

Hermann Rosendorff is also remembered for conducting the J. C. Williamson productions over a thirty-year span^{[citation needed]}.

Shortly after his arrival in Brisbane, Rosendorff gained recognition for his violin performance.^[5]

As well as being a performer, Hermann Rosendorff taught violin, and arranged and composed for piano and violin.^[1]

Personal

Rosendorff married Genevra Hartley Hutchinson on 21 November 1883.^[6]

Hermann Rosendorff's eldest daughter Fanny Turbayne (née Rosendorff, 1885–1969) was also a composer.

Rosendorff died in Queensland on 6 January 1935, survived by his widow, five daughters and four sons.^[3]

Works

• Berceuse tzigane (Zigeuners Wiegenlied) pour violon et piano ^[7]

• Crown of Gold orchestral overture^{[citation needed]}

• Frangipanni serenade for violin and piano^[8]

• Meditation (for violin solo)^[9]

• The Old Folks at Home (transcription for violin and piano)^[10]

• Romance et Rondeau fantastique (for violin and piano)^[11]

• Serenade pour violon et piano^[12]

• Summer orchestral overture ^[13]

• Ungeduld (an arrangement of a Franz Schubert piece, for piano)^[14]