Talk:Our First President's Quickstep

Rivinac

https://ancestraljourneys.website/eubank_ware3_mississippi.html: "Mrs. Selina Rivinac - Richard and Mary's daughter Selina was the wife of Peter Rivinac, son of a musically prominent family from Germany, living in Metz, France. Peter was a student at the Paris Conservatory when he immigrated to America in 1852. Peter was a professor of music at a girls school in Memphis and composer of dances and marches during the Civil War era. By 1872, at the time the witnesses gave their depositions in the taking of the supplies, Peter Rivinac owned and operated a photography studio in Canton, Mississippi."

"Peter Rivinac, joined a Confederate regiment"

Gavin Holman, Brass Bands & Cornet Bands of the U.S.A. a historical directory:

Jackson Brass Band

Founded in summer 1868. Still active in 1871. Leader Professor Rivinac in 1870

http://www.altgenealogy.com/Genie%20Archives/1988/Vol%2022%20No%201.pdf Searching for Peter RIVINAC, composer of piano music and "professor" in Jackson, MS, from 1861 to ca 1875. Family of RIVINAC(H) were organ-builders in Germany and France, emigrating to U. S. ' . about 1850.. Peter and son, Pierce, ran organ-building company, moving to a Benton (State unknown, but not in Mississippi). ,Firm still existed in 1920. Peter supposed to have died in Benton in 1915, age 85. In which of the southern states was their Benton?

- Altenmann >talk 00:37, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

https://ancestraljourneys.website/allen_inn_wolf_creek_story.htm (Old Stage Coach Inn and Drovers' Stand The Allen Inn, Wolf Creek, Cocke County, Tennessee

by Iris Teta Eubank Wagner 3rd great-granddaughter of Margaret Hoss Wolf )

Richard's father was Pierre (Peter) Rivinac, who was born and grew up in Metz, France, Alsace-Lorraine. His mother was an accomplished soprano. His father was from the Revenach family of prominent builders of church organs in Germany. Pierre was attending the Paris Conservatory when he left France for America in 1852. He established himself as a Professor of Music at a girl's school in Memphis, Tennessee, until he began to publish and sell musical compositions prior to and during the Civil War. Today, his Civil War era compositions, marches and dances, are collectible.