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Friday, June 15, 1855
Neuhaldensleben, Germany
Birth of Emil Alwin Schroeder, the fourth surviving son of Carl and Elisabeth Schroeder

1862
Neuhaldensleben, Germany
Alwin Schroeder's first violin and piano lessons, with his father and eldest brother Hermann

1865
Nordhausen, Germany
Emil Alwin Schroeder of Neuhaldensleben attends the Nordhausen Realschule

1866
Sondershausen, Germany
Alwin Schroeder takes up the viola in family string quartet

1868
Ballenstedt, Germany
The Schroeder Brothers (Hermann, Carl, Franz, and Alwin) appointed quartet of Dowager Duchess of Alhalt-Bernburg

Wednesday, February 14, 1872
Berlin, Germany
The Schroeder Brothers make their Berlin debut and relocate to that city
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