Fritz Seitz

Fritz (Friedrich) Seitz (12 June 1848–May 22 1918) was a German Romantic Era composer. He was a violinist, and wrote chamber music and concertos for the violin.

Seitz studied violin first under Karl Wilhelm Uhlrich in Sondershausen, Germany; he later married Uhlrich's daughter. He became a student of Johann Christoph Lauterbach in 1874. He became music director at Sondershausen, Germany, and thereafter became concertmaster at Magdeburg. In 1884 he was the "Hofkonzertmeister" (conducter of the court orchestra) at Dessau.

Compositions

* Pupil's Concerto No. 1 in D Major, for Violin and Piano
* Pupil's Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13 for Violin and Piano
* Pupil's Concerto No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 12 for Violin and Piano
* Pupil's Concerto No. 4 in D Major, Op. 15 for Violin and Piano
* Pupil's Concerto No. 5 in D Major, Op. 22 for Violin and Piano
* Pupil's Concerto No. 2 for Viola and Piano
* "Fantaisie de Concert" for Viola and Piano, Op. 31
* Quartet in G Major, Op. 35 for two Violins (or Violin and Viola), Violoncello, and Piano.
* Small works for Violin and Piano (Op. 41, 45-47)

External links

* [http://www.classical-composers.org/cgi-bin/ccd.cgi?comp=seitz Some information about Seitz]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9054257073968383366 Performance by adult of Allegro Moderato from Concerto No. 2 for violin and piano]