Alfred Eduard Rose

Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975).

Relation to Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): A son of a sister (nephew).

• Alfred Eduard Emmerich Rose (Rosé).
• Born: 11-12-1902, Vienna, Austria.
• Father: Arnold Josef Rose (1863-1946).
• Mother: Justine (Ernestine) Rose-Mahler (1868-1938). Previous generation.

• Sister:

1. Alma Maria Rose (1906-1944).

• Profession: Professor at the University of Western Ontario (UWO). Conductor, composer, pianist and music therapist.
• Correspondence with Mahler: No.
• Marriage: 05-10-1933.
• Wife: Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999).
• Children: No.
• Nicknames: Alfi and Alferle (by his sister Alma Maria Rose (1906-1944)).

• 1902: House Arnold and Justine Rose 2 - Metternichgasse No. 5 (1902-1906).
• 0000: Doblinger Gymnasium, Vienna.
• 0000: Studied Composition with Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951).
• 1922-1927: Conductor at the Vienna State Opera.
• 1923-1924: Burgtheater, Vienna.
• 1924-1927: Berlin.
• 1928-1928: Toured America with the Rose Quartet.
• 1929-1932: Conductor Komische Oper, Berlin.
• 1930s: Baptized Catholic.
• 1932-1938: Volksoper en Volksconservatory, Vienna.
• 1933: Married in the Augustnier church, Vienna.
• 1933: Teacher at the Peoples Conservatory, Vienna.
• 1933: Peoples Opera (Volks Oper), Vienna.
• 0000: American tour with the Rose Quartet and got his first English lessons by dr. Sattler.
• 1938: Fled to England, England.
• 1938: Leaving from Rotterdam for New York.
• 1938: Leaving from New York for Cincinnati.
• 1938-1948: Teacher in Cincinnatti. Address: Ophthalmic Hospital of Dr. Sattler, Cincinnetti.
• 1945: Member of the Music Faculty of the University of Western Ontario (UWO) in London, Ontario.
• 1946-1947: Summer workshop, Western Ontario Conservatory of Music.
• 1948: Moved to London, Ontario, Canada. Music therapist.
• 1950: Organist-choirmaster at St Martin's Church.
• 1952: Programs at Westminster Hospital.
• 1955: Naturalized Canadian.
• 1956: Programs at the London (Ontario) Psychiatric Hospital.
• 1973: Retired after 26 years at the University of Western Ontario.

• As a composer Rosé's most productive years were the 1920s and 1930s. Of his many songs 10 were published (1927-8, Doblinger, Krämer) in Austria. His Adagio for cello and orchestra (1941) was premiered in 1974 in London, Ont. Other works in larger forms are Sonata in A (1936) for piano and Tryptichon (1937) for large orchestra.

• Address: Cheapside Street, London, Ontario, Canada.
• Died: 07-05-1975, Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada. Aged 72. 
• Gustav Mahler-Alfred Rosé Collection - Family relationships

Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975), Alma Maria Rose (1906-1944) and their mother Justine (Ernestine) Rose-Mahler (1868-1938).

Career

He studied piano in Vienna principally with Richard Robert and theory with Franz Schmidt, Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) and Karl Weigl. He became an assistant conductor and coach 1922-1927 of the Vienna State Opera. At this time he toured Europe as a pianist with the Rosé String Quartet, founded by his father, the violinist Arnold Rosé. He was music director of the Calderon Festivals of the Vienna Burgtheater 1923-1924 and of the Max Reinhardt Theatre in Vienna. After three years in Berlin he returned to Vienna where he conducted the Volksoper and taught 1932-1938 at the Volkskonservatorium.

Moving to Cincinnati in 1938, he taught piano and theory, coached, and lectured there until 1948. 

Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975).

In 1946 Rosé directed a summer workshop in opera at the Western Conservatory of Music, London, Ont, and in 1948 he moved to that city to teach at the University of Western Ontario. In 1973 he retired with the rank of professor emeritus. In 1950 he became organist-choirmaster at St Martin's Church. He was a pioneer in music therapy and set up programs at Westminster Hospital in 1952 and the London (Ont) Psychiatric Hospital in 1956. 

As a composer Rosé's most productive years were the 1920s and 1930s. Of his many songs 10 were published (1927-1928, Doblinger, Krämer) in Austria. His Adagio for cello and orchestra (1941) was premiered in 1974 in London, Ontario. Other works in larger forms are Sonata in A (1936) for piano and Tryptichon (1937) for large orchestra. 

Rosé's connection with Mahler and his extensive collection of scores and letters (the latter now at the University of Western Ontario) made him a valued source of information for researchers. 

Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975) (left) and Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999) (right) visiting Rudi and Maria Bratuz in 1968.

Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975) (left) and Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999) (middle) visiting visiting Rudi and Maria Bratuz in 1968.

Obituary Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975).

House Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975) and Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999).

House Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975) and Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999).

House Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975) and Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999).

House Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975) and Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999).

House Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975) and Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999).

House Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975) and Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999). Auguste Rodin (1840-1917).

House Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975) and Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999).

House Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975) and Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999).

House Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975) and Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999). Silver Fruit Bowl Mahler got when he left the Budapest Hungary Opera, after having been their director for 3 years.

House Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975) and Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999). Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980).

House Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975) and Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999). 1979.

House Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975) and Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999). Silver Fruit Bowl Mahler got when he left the Budapest Hungary Opera, after having been their director for 3 years.

Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980). Color "for your winter of exile' is pencilled on the watercolor which Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999) treasures. It was sent by the painter to professor Alfred Eduard Rose (1902-1975)'s father, Arnold Josef Rose (1863-1946), the eminent concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (VPO) who fled to England.

Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999) and her sister.

Alfred Rose collection 1983

The Gustav Mahler-Alfred Rosé Collection was donated to the Music Library of The University of Western Ontario in October 1983 by Maria Caroline Rosé-Schmutzer (1909-1999), widow of Professor Alfred E. Rosé, who was the nephew of composer Gustav Mahler and the son of Justine Mahler Rosé and Arnold Rosé (concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and leader of the Rosé String Quartet). See: Gustav Mahler - Alfred Rosé Collection.