Max Schlossberg was a Jewish-Baltic trumpeter, conductor, composer, and teacher.
10 Facts About Max Schlossberg
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Max Schlossberg's legacy is a large number of successful trumpet students and the method book, Daily Drills and Technical Studies.
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Max Schlossberg was born in Libau, Courland, Russian Empire, now Liepaja, Latvia in 1873 to Nathan Schlossberg and an unknown mother.
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Max Schlossberg went to the Moscow Conservatory at the age of nine.
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Max Schlossberg emigrated first to the United States in 1894 as his father had done previously, but returned to Riga shortly thereafter for compulsory military service which he never completed.
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In 1910, Max Schlossberg moved to The Bronx in New York City for his career.
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Max Schlossberg spent the remainder of his career performing and teaching there.
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Max Schlossberg had three children with Jennie: Charles, Katherine Benjamin, and another daughter who would marry Harry Freistadt.
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In 1936, Max Schlossberg suffered a heart attack which prompted him to visit Bethlehem, New Hampshire, where he would later die.
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Max Schlossberg was part of the faculty of Juilliard School.