August Schmid-Lindner (15 July 1870 – 21 October 1959) was a German pianist, composer and music educator working in Munich.

Life

Born in Augsburg, Schmid-Lindner was already a "proper organist" as a child of 10 years. As a high school student in Munich he was encouraged to study music by

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. This pushed him as a teacher at the Munich Academy of Music together with the piano teacher Hans Bussmayer. Schmid-Lindner received final lessons from

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's student

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. Thus began his career, which brought the first major success in 1889 with the award of the Mendelssohn Prize in Berlin. He became known as a concert pianist,

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ian and conductor as well as an outstanding music educator. In 1900, he was offered a professorship at the

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, which he held until 1939. He also became known beyond Munich in numerous concerts through a chamber orchestra under his direction until 1939. He was also one of the founders of the Munich Bach Association. Schmid-Lindner often worked with

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, among others on the edition of piano works by

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(such as: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue). Schmid-Lindner edited and published numerous scores and sheet music in music publishing houses, especially by Franz Liszt, as well as his own compositions. Schmid-Lindner was also friends with Waldemar Bonsels and Fritz Skorzeny. In the context of the "Mozart-Woche des Deutschen Reiches", he was entrusted in 1941 with the musical direction of the performance of ''

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'' in Munich, whose dance performances, under the direction of the choreographer , were taken over by members of the school of , such as

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. In March 1953 Schmid-Lindner was awarded the

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. Schmid-Lindner died in Auerberg, (Oberbayern) at the age of 89.

Publications

* ''Ausgewählte Schriften''. * ''Das Klavier in Max Regers Kunst''.

Compositions

* ''Ausgewählte Schriften''. Schneider Verlag, Tutzing 1973. * ''Das Klavier in Max Regers Kunst''. Gaumusikschule Danzig-Westpreußen, Danzig 1942 ''Das verrückte Tischl'' – Tanzpantomime nach Mozarts Fragment „Musik zu einer Faschingspantomime“ KV 446 (collaborator: A. Schmid-Lindner 1941) Publisher: Agentur Bärenreiter
Alkor-Edition Kassel

Dedicatees

Several composers dedicated their works to Schmid-Lindner: *

: ''Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Johann Sebastian Bach'' op. 81 (1904) for piano * Lilo Martin: ''Sonate a-moll'' op. 2 (1935) for piano

Literature

* Ambacher Schriften 7: ''Waldemar Bonsels und seine Komponistenfreunde Fritz Skorzeny und August Schmid-Lindner''.''Waldemar Bonsels und seine Komponistenfreunde Fritz Skorzeny und August Schmid-Lindner''
on WorldCat Publisher: Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1986. .

References

External links

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