Anton Trag
Anton Träger (born June 11, 1819 in Schwechat , † July 7, 1860 in Vienna ) was an Austrian cellist and composer .
Life
Anton Träger studied from 1834 to 1841 with Joseph Merk at the Conservatory of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna. He then went to Prague and taught from February 1845 to May 1852 at the local conservatory. He performed as a soloist and was also a member of a string quartet . From 1851 he was active in the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra ( Vienna Philharmonic ). Trag died of tuberculosis in the 9th district of Alsergrund in Vienna in 1860 .
Works
- Compositions for violoncello (Romance, Rondo brilliant, Nocturne "The Dream")
- Concertino with orchestra
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Träger, Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 46th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1882, p. 260 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Entry for Anton Träger in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
Individual evidence
- ↑ August Wilhelm Ambros: The Conservatory in Prague: a memorandum on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the foundation of the Association for the Promotion of Music in Bohemia, Prague, 1858, p. 60
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Trag, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian cellist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwechat |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1860 |
| Place of death | Vienna |