Jacob Reuter was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 12, 1866, the son of Christopher Reuter, a noted Milwaukee immigration official who also played the guitar. Mr. Reuter introduced all of his sons to music but Jacob was the only one who made it his profession. As a child prodigy he had studied with the famous violinist William Moebius. His first composition "Dance of the Gnomes" was written when he was fourteen years old. In total he wrote 42 compositions, most for the violin.
At age 17 he left Milwaukee to tour under the management of the impresario Williams of New York. For this one-year tour, Jacob played the violin and was accompanied by a pianist. At the end of the tour he returned to Milwaukee and continued his violin studies under Ovide Musin and later under Emil Sauret for a total of ten years training.
He then toured for two seasons with the Boston Symphony. As a soloist, he toured with the St. Louis Symphony orchestra and the Redpath-Slayton lyceum, performing all over the US, Canada and Mexico. He became head of the violin department at the Academy of Music and Art in Chicago for one season.
Soon a noted virtuoso violinist and composer, Jacob Reuter moved to Wausau in the 1890s. He was close to Edward Fromm of Fromm Brothers of Hamburg who accompanied him on the piano on several occasions. Mr. Reuter came north to Wausau at the request of William Wilke, who was associated with Hans Heise, then publisher of the Wausau Wochenblatt, the weekly German paper. Wilke had heard Mr. Reuter perform in Milwaukee promised Reuter a class of 40 violin pupils. Mr. Reuter decided to do his best to bring classical music to the Wisconsin River Valley.
He put together a Beethoven String Quartet consisting of himself, Franz Winninger and his daughter Theresa, and Otto Mueller. He established the Wausau Philharmonic Society, consisting of the most elite of all Wausau citizens. Among its members, both musicians and students were: Franz, Frank, Joseph and John Winninger, Ms. Fred Kickbusch, Ms. Karl Mathie, Dr. W.C. Dickens, Louise Mueller, Mr. & Ms. Andrew Kreutzer, Irving Dodge, Ms. Carl Kronenwetter, Lulu James, Nellie Dunbar, Margaret Ryan and Clive Cone, the manager of the Grand Opera House.
Mr. Reuter spent many years in Wausau, teaching, composing and performing his music, until moving back to the Milwaukee area, where he died on August 30, 1945.
Bio Addition: Married Grace Haddix May 16, 1888 in Scott County, Iowa
Married Minnie D. Ehleret January 23, 1893 in Scott County, Iowa
(Bio addition provided by FAG contributor Family Finder)
At age 17 he left Milwaukee to tour under the management of the impresario Williams of New York. For this one-year tour, Jacob played the violin and was accompanied by a pianist. At the end of the tour he returned to Milwaukee and continued his violin studies under Ovide Musin and later under Emil Sauret for a total of ten years training.
He then toured for two seasons with the Boston Symphony. As a soloist, he toured with the St. Louis Symphony orchestra and the Redpath-Slayton lyceum, performing all over the US, Canada and Mexico. He became head of the violin department at the Academy of Music and Art in Chicago for one season.
Soon a noted virtuoso violinist and composer, Jacob Reuter moved to Wausau in the 1890s. He was close to Edward Fromm of Fromm Brothers of Hamburg who accompanied him on the piano on several occasions. Mr. Reuter came north to Wausau at the request of William Wilke, who was associated with Hans Heise, then publisher of the Wausau Wochenblatt, the weekly German paper. Wilke had heard Mr. Reuter perform in Milwaukee promised Reuter a class of 40 violin pupils. Mr. Reuter decided to do his best to bring classical music to the Wisconsin River Valley.
He put together a Beethoven String Quartet consisting of himself, Franz Winninger and his daughter Theresa, and Otto Mueller. He established the Wausau Philharmonic Society, consisting of the most elite of all Wausau citizens. Among its members, both musicians and students were: Franz, Frank, Joseph and John Winninger, Ms. Fred Kickbusch, Ms. Karl Mathie, Dr. W.C. Dickens, Louise Mueller, Mr. & Ms. Andrew Kreutzer, Irving Dodge, Ms. Carl Kronenwetter, Lulu James, Nellie Dunbar, Margaret Ryan and Clive Cone, the manager of the Grand Opera House.
Mr. Reuter spent many years in Wausau, teaching, composing and performing his music, until moving back to the Milwaukee area, where he died on August 30, 1945.
Bio Addition: Married Grace Haddix May 16, 1888 in Scott County, Iowa
Married Minnie D. Ehleret January 23, 1893 in Scott County, Iowa
(Bio addition provided by FAG contributor Family Finder)
Jacob Reuter was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 12, 1866, the son of Christopher Reuter, a noted Milwaukee immigration official who also played the guitar. Mr. Reuter introduced all of his sons to music but Jacob was the only one who made it his profession. As a child prodigy he had studied with the famous violinist William Moebius. His first composition "Dance of the Gnomes" was written when he was fourteen years old. In total he wrote 42 compositions, most for the violin.
At age 17 he left Milwaukee to tour under the management of the impresario Williams of New York. For this one-year tour, Jacob played the violin and was accompanied by a pianist. At the end of the tour he returned to Milwaukee and continued his violin studies under Ovide Musin and later under Emil Sauret for a total of ten years training.
He then toured for two seasons with the Boston Symphony. As a soloist, he toured with the St. Louis Symphony orchestra and the Redpath-Slayton lyceum, performing all over the US, Canada and Mexico. He became head of the violin department at the Academy of Music and Art in Chicago for one season.
Soon a noted virtuoso violinist and composer, Jacob Reuter moved to Wausau in the 1890s. He was close to Edward Fromm of Fromm Brothers of Hamburg who accompanied him on the piano on several occasions. Mr. Reuter came north to Wausau at the request of William Wilke, who was associated with Hans Heise, then publisher of the Wausau Wochenblatt, the weekly German paper. Wilke had heard Mr. Reuter perform in Milwaukee promised Reuter a class of 40 violin pupils. Mr. Reuter decided to do his best to bring classical music to the Wisconsin River Valley.
He put together a Beethoven String Quartet consisting of himself, Franz Winninger and his daughter Theresa, and Otto Mueller. He established the Wausau Philharmonic Society, consisting of the most elite of all Wausau citizens. Among its members, both musicians and students were: Franz, Frank, Joseph and John Winninger, Ms. Fred Kickbusch, Ms. Karl Mathie, Dr. W.C. Dickens, Louise Mueller, Mr. & Ms. Andrew Kreutzer, Irving Dodge, Ms. Carl Kronenwetter, Lulu James, Nellie Dunbar, Margaret Ryan and Clive Cone, the manager of the Grand Opera House.
Mr. Reuter spent many years in Wausau, teaching, composing and performing his music, until moving back to the Milwaukee area, where he died on August 30, 1945.
Bio Addition: Married Grace Haddix May 16, 1888 in Scott County, Iowa
Married Minnie D. Ehleret January 23, 1893 in Scott County, Iowa
(Bio addition provided by FAG contributor Family Finder)
At age 17 he left Milwaukee to tour under the management of the impresario Williams of New York. For this one-year tour, Jacob played the violin and was accompanied by a pianist. At the end of the tour he returned to Milwaukee and continued his violin studies under Ovide Musin and later under Emil Sauret for a total of ten years training.
He then toured for two seasons with the Boston Symphony. As a soloist, he toured with the St. Louis Symphony orchestra and the Redpath-Slayton lyceum, performing all over the US, Canada and Mexico. He became head of the violin department at the Academy of Music and Art in Chicago for one season.
Soon a noted virtuoso violinist and composer, Jacob Reuter moved to Wausau in the 1890s. He was close to Edward Fromm of Fromm Brothers of Hamburg who accompanied him on the piano on several occasions. Mr. Reuter came north to Wausau at the request of William Wilke, who was associated with Hans Heise, then publisher of the Wausau Wochenblatt, the weekly German paper. Wilke had heard Mr. Reuter perform in Milwaukee promised Reuter a class of 40 violin pupils. Mr. Reuter decided to do his best to bring classical music to the Wisconsin River Valley.
He put together a Beethoven String Quartet consisting of himself, Franz Winninger and his daughter Theresa, and Otto Mueller. He established the Wausau Philharmonic Society, consisting of the most elite of all Wausau citizens. Among its members, both musicians and students were: Franz, Frank, Joseph and John Winninger, Ms. Fred Kickbusch, Ms. Karl Mathie, Dr. W.C. Dickens, Louise Mueller, Mr. & Ms. Andrew Kreutzer, Irving Dodge, Ms. Carl Kronenwetter, Lulu James, Nellie Dunbar, Margaret Ryan and Clive Cone, the manager of the Grand Opera House.
Mr. Reuter spent many years in Wausau, teaching, composing and performing his music, until moving back to the Milwaukee area, where he died on August 30, 1945.
Bio Addition: Married Grace Haddix May 16, 1888 in Scott County, Iowa
Married Minnie D. Ehleret January 23, 1893 in Scott County, Iowa
(Bio addition provided by FAG contributor Family Finder)
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