Aloys Schmitt

Aloys Schmitt ( born August 26, 1788 in Erlenbach am Main, † July 25, 1866 ) was a German composer, pianist and music teacher.

Aloys Schmitt received his first music lessons from his father, an organist. He then lived for five years in the house of the music publisher André, where he taught, among others, Johann Georg Vollweiler. In 1824 he was appointed court composer in Munich and received in 1850 an honorary doctorate from the University of Giessen.

Among his students Ferdinand Hiller, Carl Almenräder and Carl Arnold. He also taught his son Georg Aloys Schmitt and his younger brother Jacob Schmitt.