Alfred Fassbind

Alfred A. Fassbind (* 1949 ) is a Swiss musician and author. He is a classic tenor singer .

Fassbind is an oratorio and lieder singer. Numerous tours and television appearances have taken him to Germany, Austria, Italy, Holland, France and Poland. He made various recordings as well as radio broadcasts on music theory topics.

Fassbind has been the official administrator of the estate for the singer Joseph Schmidt (1904–1942) since 1985 . He is the founder and curator of the Joseph Schmidt Archives in Rüti near Zurich .

He also wrote a comprehensive biography about the singer Joseph Schmidt. It was published in 1992 by the Swiss publishing house under the title Traces of a Legend - A Song Goes Around the World . On the 70th anniversary of Joseph Schmidt's death, a new, heavily revised edition was published by Römerhof Verlag in Zurich.

Fonts

• Joseph Schmidt. A song goes around the world. Traces of a legend. A biography. Schweizer Verl.-Haus, Zurich 1992, ISBN 978-3-7263-6664-3 .
• as contributor: Joseph Schmidt - his song went around the world. Römerhof-Verlag, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-905894-14-1 .
• Max Lichtegg . Committed only to music. Römerhof Verlag, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-905894-31-8 .

Sound recordings

• as a contributor: celebration hours. Song and music. Electromusic, Binningen [record; 1985]
• as contributor: Moments solennels. Chants et musique. Electromusic, Binningen [record; 1985]

Web links

• Literature by and about Alfred Fassbind in the catalog of the German National Library
• “You are the world for me” A long night about Joseph Schmidt and Richard Tauber on December 21, 2013 on deutschlandfunkkultur.de
• The voice of Joseph Schmidt touched me on April 16, 2013 on srf.ch
• Short biography of Alfred A. Fassbind on jpc.de
• The Joseph Schmidt Archive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short biography of Alfred A. Fassbind on jpc.de