Der Los Angeles Evening Express Nr. 149 schreibt auf S. 8 über den Bruckner-Schüler Walter Rothschild:

"       ROTHWELL WON HIS FAME EARLY

     For six years we have known Walter Henry Rothwell, conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. In all that time we have never heard him make any boasts of what he has done, or what he can do. [...]. In fact, the man is too modest and retiring.

     It was with genuine amazement we discovered what a really great career this Los Angeles conductor has had in Europe and America We found it out through a sketch of his life issued by the Philharmonic Orchestra Association. Knowing this booklet will not fall into every one's hands, we herewith give the facts which are too interesting to be submerged.

     Mr. Rothwell, born in London, of an English father and Austrian mother, was taken to Vienna when very young and was first taught piano by his mother, who was a pupil of Wieck, father of Clara Schumann. At 9 he entered the Royal Academy of Music in Vienna, where his piano teachers were Rauch, Schenner and Julius Epstein, and studied counterpoint and composition and history of music with Hans Krenn, Robert Fuchs and Anton Bruckner.

     He took the first prize and gold medal and graduated at 15 and later studied modern orchestration and composition with the late Ludwig Thuille and Dr. Max von Schillings.

     In his seventeenth year he became widely known as a pianist throughout Germany, Switzerland and Austria, where he was engaged as piano teacher of several members of the royal family at Vienna. In spite of his extreme youth he coached many artists of the royal opera in Vienna and prepared artists for the Beyreuth [sic] festival.

     While rehearsing a Wagnerian opera Mr. Rothwell was heard by the famous impressario [sic], Pollini of the Hamburg opera, who made him a conductor of the opera under Gustav Mahler, conductor in chief of the institution. Mahler took a great interest in the young conductor and gave him his technic in conducting. From Hamburg Mr. Rothwell went as first conductor to opera houses in Germany and Austria and later conducted "Fidelio," "Lohengrin" and "Freischultz" [sic] at the Royal opera in Amsterdam, following which he was appointed musical director.

     He was brought to America to conduct the English performances of "Parsifal," 1904-05, with a total of 114 performances under his baton. [... "Madame Butterfly" in Washington ...]. He then conducted opera for five years at Frankfurt-am-Main, following which he wielded the baton over the St. Paul Symphony orchestra for seven years until its disbandment for lacks of funds during the war. Mr. Rothwell here instituted the first children's symphony concerts in America.

    In 1917 and 1918 he served as guest conductor for the Cincinnati Symphony orchestra in nine concerts and with the Detroit Symphony in 10 engagements. In 1916 he conducted the Civic orchestra concerts at Madison Square Garden, New York, and in 1920 conducted 70 concerts in the stadium in New York. In 1919 he was made conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, founded by W. A. Clark, jr., and in less than five years has made it second in the United States only to the Philadelphia Symphony."

[zu Rothschild/Rothwell siehe 21.10.1916]