Erich Schmid (composer)

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Erich Schmid (born January 1, 1907 in Balsthal , Canton Solothurn, † December 17, 2000 in Zurich ) was a Swiss conductor and composer .

Life

Schmid grew up as the son of the Protestant pastor of Balsthal and attended the teachers' college in Solothurn from 1922 to 1926. There he received lessons from Max Kaempfert . After a brief activity as a primary school teacher, Schmid attended the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt a. M. (studied with Bernhard Sekles , Fritz Malata and Hermann Ritter von Schmeidel (1894–1953)). From 1928 to 1932 he received a scholarship from the Mozart Foundation (Frankfurt), and his first works were broadcast on the radio. Spurred on by these successes, he decided to attend Arnold Schönberg's master class in Berlin from 1931 to 1933 . After returning to Switzerland for political and financial reasons, he took over the position of music director in Glarus in 1934, succeeding Jacob Gehring , which he held until 1949. From 1940 his compositional work stepped back in favor of conducting, in 1949 he was able to take over the direction of the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich , and from 1950 to 1974 he was also director of the Zurich Mixed Choir (Zurich Mixed Choir ). He gave up the direction of the Tonhalle Orchestra in 1956 and then led the Beromünster Radio Orchestra until 1970. In addition, from 1963 to 1973 he taught conducting at the Music Academy of the City of Basel . Numerous conductors have taken him to England, Israel, Hungary, Germany, Denmark and other countries. In 1990 the City of Zurich awarded him the Hans Georg Nägeli Medal.

Works

  • Sonatina, op. 1 (1929) for violin and piano
  • Suite, op. 2 (1929/30) for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra
  • Three movements, op. 3 (1930/36) for orchestra; Sound document Radio Symphony Orchestra Basel, Direction Mark Andreas Schlingensiepen; Stadtcasino Basel, September 11, 1993; in: Fonoteca Svizzera Lugano (BSFILE20887) https://www.fonoteca.ch/cgi-bin/oecgi4.exe/inet_fnbasedetail?REC_ID=20887.046&LNG_ID=DEU
  • String quartet, op. 4 (1930–1931 / 34) (In modo classico) for string quartet
  • Trio, op. 5 (1931) for clarinet, violoncello and piano
  • Six pieces, op. 6 (1932) for piano
  • Suite No. 1, op.7 (1931) for wind orchestra
  • Two movements (Sonatina II), op. 8 (1932–1938) for violin and piano
  • Dedications, op. 9 (1933–1935). Five little pieces for piano
  • Notturno, op.10 (1935) for oboe, bass clarinet, violin and violoncello
  • Rhapsody, op. 11 (1936) for clarinet and piano
  • Drei Gesänge, op. 12 (1938–1941) for baritone and piano
  • Small house concert, op. 13 (1937–1940). Twelve pieces for different instruments
  • Five Bagatelles, op.14 (1943) for piano
  • Four choirs, op. 15 (1930–1940) for a cappella choir
  • Mura, op. 16 (1955). Small trio for flute, violin, violoncello

Fonts

  • Erich Schmid: Memories (Ed .: Lukas Näf). Vol. 1: Autobiography , Vol. 2: Letters , Vol. 3: Concert programs and radio recordings ; Peter Lang, Bern 2014; ( Zurich Music Studies , Volume 8); ISBN 978-3-0343-0533-4 .
  • A year with Arnold Schönberg in Berlin . In: Melos . Volume 4, 1974, pp. 190-203.
  • Study of Schönberg's String Quartets II. String Quartet in F sharp minor Op. 10 . In: Swiss music newspaper . 3, 1934, pp. 84-91.
  • Study of Arnold Schönberg's string quartets. III. String Quartet, Op. 30 . In: Swiss music newspaper . 5, 1934, pp. 155-163.
  • Study of Schönberg's string quartets . In: Swiss music newspaper . 1, 1934, pp. 1-8.

literature

  • Kurt von Fischer: Erich Schmid ; Kommissionsverlag Hug & Co., Zurich 1992, ( New Year's Gazette of the Allgemeine Musikgesellschaft Zürich , 176), 52 p., Ill .; ISBN 3-906415-06-6 ; contains: Biographical p. 9–29; The conductor and his programs pp. 30–36; The composer pp. 37–46; List of compositions by Erich Schmid pp. 47–52, 3 illustrations and examples of music.
  • Thomas Gartmann: “Go on, the path that you are shown ...”. Erich Schmid and the cultural and political situation in Switzerland 1933–1960 . In: Ludwig Holtmeier (ed.): Arnold Schönberg's "Berlin School" (music concepts 117). Munich 2002, pp. 20-36.
  • Peter Gradenwitz : Erich Schmid - chronicler of his time . In: Arnold Schönberg and his master students. Berlin 1925–1933 . Paul Zsolnay, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-552-04899-5 , p. 74-86 .
  • Christoph Keller: On the death of Erich Schmid . In: dissonance . 67, 2001, pp. 44-45.
  • Roland Moser : The composer Erich Schmid . In: dissonance . 3, 1985, pp. 11-14.
  • Roland Moser: In his time. About the late perception of Erich Schmid's works . In: dissonance . 97, 2007.
  • Walter Reitz: portrait sketches of Swiss sound artists. In: Schweizer Illustrierte , Vol. 24, 1920, pp. 399–407.
  • Rudolf Schoch: Erich Schmid . In: Rudolf Schoch (Ed.): Hundert Jahre Tonhalle Zürich. Festschrift for the centenary of the Tonhalle Society Zurich . Zurich 1968, pp. 139–141.
  • 150 years of music for Zurich: the Zurich Mixed Choir 1863–2013 ; Contributions by Martin Derungs, Margrit Eugster u. a .; Editor Luzi Schucan; Kommissionsverlag Hug, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-905847-74-1 ; (Festschrift 2013, contains concert chronicles by composer, works and performance years 1863–2013; literature; about Erich Schmid see pp. 18–20).
  • Michelle Ziegler: "Because we have to want the best for art", the memoirs of the Swiss composer and conductor Erich Schmid ; in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , No. 290, December 13, 2014, p. 63 (with picture).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Georg-Nägeli-Medal 1990 to Erich Schmid
personal data
SURNAME Schmid, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Balsthal
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 2000
Place of death Zurich