During this time period Schreiner also worked as an organist at the Barker Brother's Department Store. The following June he returned to Salt Lake City and he and Margaret married, after which they returned to southern California. He served as organist at Grauman's Metropolitan Theatre. He then went to southern California to earn enough money to pay off his debts and be in a position to marry Margaret. California careerĪfter his studies in France, Schreiner returned to his position as organist in Salt Lake City from July 1926 to January 1927. They had gone to high school together, but did not really start dating until they were both studying in Paris. Schreiner married Margaret Lyman, the daughter of Richard R.
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In Paris, Schreiner would associate with other Utahns at the home of James L. Six months later Schreiner took a leave of absence from this appointment to go to Paris to further his musical studies with Henri Libert, Charles Marie Widor and Louis Vierne. In 1924, just after returning from his mission, Schreiner was appointed an assistant organist of the Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle. In early 1924, he was presiding over the Los Angeles Conference which had 35 missionaries.
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He served as a missionary under Joseph W. That same year he left on a mission to California. Schreiner first performed in the Salt Lake Tabernacle at age 20. In 1920, just after graduating from high school, he took a job as a theater organist at the Rialto Theatre in Butte, Montana.
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Schreiner first performed on an organ professionally during the fall of 1917 at the American Theater of Salt Lake City. Among his early instructors on the organ was John J. In 1912 Schreiner moved with his family to Salt Lake City. Schreiner performed in public for the first time at age five, and after he was baptized at age eight was almost immediately appointed as a Sunday School organist. Johann and Margarethe joined the LDS Church in 1903, and the local congregation held meetings in the family's home. His parents were Johann Christian Schreiner and Margarethe Schwemmer. Schreiner was born in Nuremberg, Germany.