Josef Schmid (1890, in Germany – 1969, in New York City) was a

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, and composition teacher. He was one of the first students of

Alban Berg Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( ; ; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively sma ...

, with whom he studied before

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. As a

Schmid had been an assistant to both Zemlinsky and

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. As a

Schmid was associated with Berg and

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but considered himself a musical "godson" of Schoenberg.AllAboutJazz.com, op. cit. After World War I Schmid emigrated to New York City and established himself as a teacher of composition, basing his teaching on the writings of Schoenberg. His composition students included

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, Gus Pardalis, Harold Seletsky, Robert Di Domenica, and

Frieda Schmitt-Lermann Frieda Schmitt-Lermann (born 24 May 1885) was a German composer and pianist who wrote music for orchestra, television, theatre and voice. Life Schmitt-Lermann was born in Wurzburg. She studied piano privately in Augsburg, then studied compositi ...

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