Gustave Kerker

Kerker was born in Herford, Kingdom of Prussia, and began to study the cello at the age of seven.

Kerker then moved to New York City, where he was engaged as the principal conductor at the Casino Theatre.

Other notable musicals included An American Beauty (1896), The Girl from Up There (1901), Winsome Winnie (1903), The Tourists (1906), The White Hen (1907), and Fascinating Flora (1907) to a book by R. H. Burnside and Joseph W. Herbert.

In 1909, he was asked to leave Germany by authorities for having failed to perform military service in his youth.

[1][4] Kerker died following an "attack of apoplexy" at his home on 565 West 169th Street in New York City at the age of 66.