Rode, Pierre, born Feb. 26th 1774, at Bordeaux, died there Nov. 25th 1830; pupil of Viotti; taught in the Conservatoire, Paris, then became solo player in St. Petersburg. His compositions and his violin school enjoyed great favour.
Romberg, Andreas, born April 27th 1767, at Vechte, died Nov. 10th 1821, as Court-Capellmeister at Gotha; was previously member of the orchestras in Bonn and Hamburg.
Röntgen, Engelbert, born Sept. 30th 1829, at Deventer; pupil of David, and afterwards his successor as leader in the Gewandhaus orchestra, Leipsic, in which capacity he rendered great service (he had been a member of the same orchestra for about half a century). Died 1897.
Rosa, Carl, born March 21st 1842, in Hamburg, was leader there from 1863 to 1865; then made concert tours, afterwards becoming opera impresario. He died in Paris,1889.
Sainton, Prosper Phil. Catherine, born June 5th 1813 Toulouse, died Oct. 17th 1890, London; pupil of Habeneck at the Paris Conservatoire. He made concert tours throughout Europe, then was appointed teacher of his instrument at the Toulouse school of music. He visited London in 1844, settling there in 1845 as professor at the Royal Academy of Music, a post which he held until his death. He was also leader in the orchestras of Covent Garden Theatre (1846-1871) and of Her Majesty’s (1871-1880), &c. He wrote two violin concertos, besides solos.
Salomon, Joh. Peter, born 1745, at Bonn, died 1815, in London; made himself useful in producing Haydn’s works; was leader in Berlin, then lived in London.
Sarasate, Pablo Martin Meliton, y Navascues, born March 10th 1844, at Pampeluna in Spain; pupil of Alard at Paris Conservatoire; gained world-wide celebrity through his concert tours.
Sauret, Emile, born May 22nd 1852, at Dun-le-Roi (Cher); pupil of de Bériot. He toured with much success, settled in Berlin, but was subsequently called to London to succeed M. Sainton as professor at the Royal Academy of Music.
Schnitzler, Isidor, born June 2nd 1859, Rotterdam; studied at Cologne Conservatorium, also under Wirth, Wieniawski, and Joachim; toured successfully in Roumania, Germany, America and Australia.
Schradieck, Henry, born April 29th 1846, at Hamburg; pupil of Leonard and David. He was leader in Bremen and Hamburg; then teacher in Moscow Conservatoire; in a similar capacity at Leipsic (1874); from 1883 in Cincinnati, but returned to Germany in June 1889.