Peter Stahl (4)

German-American band leader (born May 4, 1884 in Bogáros, Banat, Hungary [German: Bogarosch, now Bulgăruș, Romania] – died December 27, 1982 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) An ethnic German from the Banat (Donauschwabe), Stahl emigrated to the United States in 1899; he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1925. He worked first as a moulder in an iron foundry, later as a photographer. During the 1920s, he headed successful German polka bands that recorded for Victor, OKeh, Brunswick, Gennett, and Columbia.