Karl Schröder I
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Karl Schröder (17 March 1816 Oberbosa,
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– 21 April 1890
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) was a German
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ist and
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player. He became first a town musician at
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and then music director at Neuhaldensleben. He played the viola until 1866 in the family string quartet which also included his two sons Franz Hermann Schröder and Karl Schröder II. The quartet was extremely popular and toured throughout Europe to critical acclaim.


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*Andrew D. McCredie. The ''
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'', edited by Stanley Sadie (1992), and 19th-century German violinists German violists 1816 births 1890 deaths German male violinists 19th-century German male musicians {{Germany-musician-stub