Erich Schmid was a Swiss composer and conductor. He was born on 1 January 1907 in
Balsthal
Balsthal is a municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
History
Balsthal is first mentioned in 968 as ''Palcivallis''. In 1255 it was mentioned as ''Balcetal''.
Geography
Balsthal has an area, , of . Of ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
and died on 17 December 2000 in
Zürich. He studied composition with
Bernhard Sekles
Bernhard Sekles (20 March 1872 – 8 December 1934) was a German composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue.
Life and career
Bernhard Sekles was born in Frankfurt am Main, the son of Maximilian Seckeles and Anna (née Bischheim). The fami ...
at the
Hoch Conservatory in
Frankfurt and later with
Arnold Schönberg. Among many other international conducting roles, he was chief conductor of the
Tonhalle Orchestra Tonhalle is a German word meaning "tone hall", a concert hall. It may refer to:
*Tonhalle Düsseldorf
*Tonhalle Orchester Zürich
*Tonhalle, Zürich
The Tonhalle is a concert hall in Zurich, home to the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, one of Switzer ...
,
Zürich from 1949 to 1957.
Literature
* Peter Cahn: ''Das Hoch'sche Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main (1878-1978)'', Frankfurt am Main: Kramer, 1979. (Seite 268ff)
* Chris Walton: ''"... in my duty to defend the truth", Erich Schmid in Schoenberg's Berlin Composition Class''; in: ''Tempo, a quarterly review of Modern Music'' No. 218, Oktober 2001, p. 15-19, ill.
* Chris Walton: ''Schoenberg's Alpine wanderer: Erich Schmid at 100''; in: ''The Musical Times'', no. 1897, Winter 2006, p. 5-22, ill.
External links
Erich Schmid Biography*Sound recordings of works of the composer from the archives of
SRG SSR
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (german: Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft; french: Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision; it, Società svizzera di radiotelevisione; rm, Societad Svizra da Radio e Televisiun; SRG ...
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1907 births
2000 deaths
Swiss male composers
Swiss conductors (music)
Male conductors (music)
Hoch Conservatory alumni
20th-century conductors (music)
20th-century male musicians
20th-century Swiss composers
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