From the Alwinac: Boston Symphony Cellist-Composers: Carl Bayrhoffer

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Carl Bayrhoffer (1859-1926) was BSO first cellist for the latter part of the orchestra’s inaugural 1881-2 season, under the direction of conductor George Henschel. Bayrhoffer was born in Dusseldorf on May 19, 1859, the middle son of a local music publisher. In 1878, both he and Boston composer George Chadwick were students at the Leipzig Conservatory; at that time Alwin Schroeder’s older brother Carl was the cello teacher there. Chadwick may well have encouraged Bayrhoffer to come to the United States when the formation of the Boston Symphony Orchestra was announced.

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