Reinhold Schmid
Reinhold Schmid (born November 19, 1902 in Berndorf , Lower Austria; † October 17, 1980 in Vienna ) was an Austrian choir director, composer and teacher.
Schmid was a choirboy in Klosterneuburg. He completed a music degree at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (today University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna ), received his doctorate in 1929 and taught there from 1939. He was appointed full professor in 1966 and retired in 1973. From 1940 to 1945 he was choir master of the Wiener Singverein and the Wiener Schubertbund .
In 1959 Schmid was awarded the Austrian State Prize for Music and in 1966 the Appreciation Prize for Music of the State of Lower Austria.
literature
- Austrian music lexicon . Volume 4. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 , pp. 2097f.
Web links
- Works by and about Reinhold Schmid in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ outstanding artist award - music ( memorial from January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 28, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmid, Reinhold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian choir director, composer and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berndorf , Lower Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th October 1980 |
| Place of death | Vienna |