- Heinrich Kaspar Schmid
Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (
11 September 1874 Landau -8 January 1953 Geiselbullach, nearMunich ) was a Germancomposer . As a boy he studied music with his father who was a school teacher and choral conductor. He also sang in the boy's choir atRegensburg Cathedral for several years. He entered theMunich Akademie der Tonkunst where he studied composition withLudwig Thuille . In 1905 he was appointed to teach at theMunich Academy and in 1919 was promoted to a full professor. AfterWorld War I , Schmid entered a highly successful part of his career both as a performer and composer. He toured throughoutAustria ,Scandinavia andRussia . In 1921 he became director of theKarlsruhe Conservatory and assumed the directorship of theAugsburg Music School [now Conservatory] in 1924. He retired from academic work in 1932.Stylistically, Schmid's compositions were more in keeping with the late-Romantics than with 20th century inovations.
Brahms is particular had a major influence on Schmid's compositional sensibility. This is particularly evident in thesonatas for violin and piano (1920, 1939). His best work is probably his "Symphony in D Minor" (1947) which was admired for its fresh and accomplished treatment of traditional musical materials. Elements of Bavarianfolk music appear in the ruralmass settings,choral compositions,lieder ,chamber works , and hisopera "Finden und Meiden".ources
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New Grove Dictionary of Opera ", edited by Stanley Sadie (1992), ISBN 0-333-73432-7 and ISBN 1-56159-228-5
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