Hermann Rosendorff

By 1887 Hermann Rosendorff was first violin in J. B. Hickie's Theatre orchestra,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3481427 |title=Classified Advertising |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |volume=XLIV |issue=9,287 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=20 October 1887 |accessdate=6 November 2019 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} and he enjoyed a career of thirty years involvement with His Majesty's Brisbane.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article187305196 |title=MUSICIAN PASSES |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |date=7 January 1935 |accessdate=6 November 2019 |page=11 (LATE CITY) |via=National Library of Australia}} {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35856376 |title=Obituary |newspaper=The Courier-mail |issue=424 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=7 January 1935 |accessdate=6 November 2019 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Hermann Rosendorff is also remembered for conducting the J. C. Williamson productions over a thirty-year span{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}.

Shortly after his arrival in Brisbane, Rosendorff gained recognition for his violin performance.{{cite news |title=Mr. Atkinson's concert last night |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/897920?searchTerm=Rosendorf%20# |access-date=11 January 2025 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=28 June 1879}}

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

Rosendorff married Genevra Hartley Hutchinson on 21 November 1883.{{Cite web|url=https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/c4722474603391791b4633d8cc00e8e5355ff11079b487f525f9d9212d6d95ea|title=Record details of Hermann Rosendorff|website=www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-11-10}}

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.

• Berceuse tzigane (Zigeuners Wiegenlied) pour violon et piano {{Citation | author1=Rosendorff, Hermann | author2=Australian Broadcasting Commission | author3=Symphony Australia | title=Berceuse tzigane : (Zigeuners Wiegenlied) pour violon et piano | publication-date=1900 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/156931681 | access-date=11 January 2025}}.

• Crown of Gold orchestral overture{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

• Frangipanni serenade for violin and piano{{Citation | author1=Rosendorff, Hermann | author2=Australian Broadcasting Commission | author3=Symphony Australia | title=Frangipanni : serenade for violin and piano | publication-date=1900 | publisher=Read Press | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/156931682 | access-date=11 January 2025}}.

• Meditation (for violin solo){{Citation | author1=Rosendorff, Hermann | author2=Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893 | author3=Australian Broadcasting Commission | author4=Symphony Australia | title=Meditation : pour violon seul = for violin solo | publication-date=1934 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/156931683 | access-date=11 January 2025}}.

• The Old Folks at Home (transcription for violin and piano){{Citation | author1=Rosendorff, Hermann, 1860-1935 | author2=Australian Broadcasting Commission | author3=Symphony Australia | title=The old folks at home transcription for violin with piano accompaniment / by H. Rosendorff | publication-date=1900 | publisher=Nicholson & Co | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/237363288 | access-date=11 January 2025}}.

• Romance et Rondeau fantastique (for violin and piano){{Citation | author1=Rosendorff, Hermann, 1860-1935 | author2=Australian Broadcasting Commission | author3=Symphony Australia | title=Romance et Rondeau fantastique [for violin and piano] / par. H. Rosendorff | publication-date=1900 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/237363272 | access-date=11 January 2025}}.

• Serenade pour violon et piano{{Citation | author1=Rosendorff, Hermann | author2=Australian Broadcasting Commission | author3=Symphony Australia | title=Serenade : pour violon et piano | publication-date=1900 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/156931686 | access-date=11 January 2025}}.

• Summer orchestral overture {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3599111 |title=SATURDAY ORGAN RECITAL. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |volume=LI |issue=11,604 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=25 March 1895 |accessdate=6 November 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}

• Ungeduld (an arrangement of a Franz Schubert piece, for piano){{Citation | author1=Rosendorff, Hermann | author2=Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828 | author3=Australian Broadcasting Commission | author4=Symphony Australia | title=Ungeduld | publication-date=1877 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/156931687 | access-date=11 January 2025}}.

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• [https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1808094 Rosendorff, Hermann (1860-1935)] in National Library of Australia.

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