Erwin Trojan was born in Carlsbad on September 13, 1888. As it was common at that time he learned to play the violin as a child and his family even sent him to a music school in Königsberg. In the following he was a music pupil of the 1st Regiment of the Tyrolean Imperial Rifles. Their director Karl Rühlberger fostered young Trojan's talent so he could study trumpet at the Mozarteum...