Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Franz Schmidt (1874-1939)
Bio
Schmidt was born in Pozsony/Pressburg, on the Hungary side of Austria-Hungary, which is in modern-day Slovakia. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory under Fuchs, Hellmesberger, and Bruckner. He was the lead cellist in the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra and was often chosen for features by the conductor, Gustav Mahler. He was friends with Arnold Schoenberg though their perspectives on music differed greatly. He taught for years at the Imperial Academy of Music and the Performing Arts (the Vienna Conservatory) and had a number of significant pupils.
Music
Symphony No. 1 in E major
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
Prelude and Fugue in D minor
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