, soprano_
Uhrig, Mrs., _soprano_ (St. Patrick's)
Van Brunt, Mrs. R.A., _soprano_, (Calvary Church)
Valerga, Ida, _mezzo-soprano_ (opera)
Wilson, Alice, _soprano_
Wetherbee, Nellie, _mezzo-soprano_
Williams, Mrs. Barney, _soprano_
Young, Mrs. _soprano_ (St. Patrick's)

1896

McDonough, Luckstone, _piano_
Materna, Amelia, _famous prima donna_
Frantz, Ondricek, _famous tenor_

MEN SINGERS IN EARLY DAYS

Adler, Herman, _baritone_
Bianchi, Signor, _tenor_
Borneman, Fred, _bass_
Bettencourt, J. de S., _tenor_
Campbell, Walter, _bass_ (1859)
Clark, Benjamin, _tenor_ (1854)
Coch, S.W., _bass_
Dugan, Charles, _baritone_
Duffy, Thomas, _baritone_
Elliott, Washington, _tenor_
Formes, Karl, _basso profundo_
Fuchs, Prof., _tenor_
Freedburg, A., _tenor_
Gates, Harvey, _tenor_
Goe, Dr. S.E., _tenor_
Hughes, D.P., _tenor_
Howard, Frank, _baritone_
Kelleher, Alfred, _tenor_
Langstroth, J.A., _tenor_
Lyster, Fred, _tenor_
Leach, Stephen W., _baritone_
Mayer, Samuel D., _tenor_
Morley, Signor, _tenor_
Makin, Cornelius, _bass_
Mancusi, Signor, _baritone_
Maguire, Joseph, _tenor_
Nesfield, D.W.C, _baritone_
Otty, Major W.N., _tenor_
Reuling, Signor, _baritone_
Richel, M.D., _basso profundi_
Squires, Henry, _tenor primo_
Stadfeldt, Jacob, _basso_
Stockmyer, Herr, _basso_
Tippetts, J.E., _tenor_
Trehane, John, _tenor_
Wilder, Dr. A.M., _tenor_
Wetherbee, Henry, _tenor_
Williams, Barney (1854), _tenor_

CALIFORNIA COMPOSERS

Sabin, Wallace A.
Metcalf, John W.
Koppitz, Geo.
Lejeal, Alois
Dohrmann, J.H.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

EARLY CALIFORNIA REMINISCENCES OF MUSICIANS AND SINGERS

RUDOLPH HEROLD

The first famous orchestra leader in San Francisco was Rudolph Herold,
born in Prussia, Germany, March 29, 1832, and died in San Francisco,
July 25, 1889. He received his musical education at Leipsic
Conservatory with Plaidy and Moscheles, his teachers on the piano, and
Mendelssohn, teacher of the theory of music and composition.

He arrived in San Francisco in 1852 as solo pianist and accompanist
with the famous Catherine Hayes. He saw opportunities in this young
city for fostering and cultivating good music and remained here until
his death. He was closely identified with every important musical
event up to the time when he was stricken with paralysis three years
preceding his death.

In the early fifties he organized, under the patronage of Harry
Meiggs, who was an ardent lover of music, t