CATALOG UPDATES
Hei hei! NAHA is currently undating our archival catalog. Some finding aids are currently unavailable. Please contact the NAHA archivist with any questions.
Jeremias Rost Schefstad biography, 1974
- Title
- Jeremias Rost Schefstad biography, 1974
- Identifier
- P0811
- Date
- 1974
- Creator
- Schefstad, Jeremias
- Description
- Biography of a Norwegian-born violinist who emigrated from Norway in 1888 and came to Crookston, Minnesota, where he studied at a business school and worked as a clerk for the city. He continued study of the violin and spent the years 1894-1899 at the Leipzig Conservatory. He returned to Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he spent the rest of his life as a teacher and concert artist. He had been invited by Gustav Mahler to become concertmaster of a New York orchestra, an invitation which he turned down. He contracted tuberculosis and died in Arizona at the age of 41.
- Extent
- 1 folder
- Type
- Manuscripts
Citation
Schefstad, Jeremias, “Jeremias Rost Schefstad biography, 1974,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed September 20, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10493.