Heinrich Kaspar Schmid
Heinrich Kaspar Schmid ( born September 11, 1874 in Landau an der Isar, † January 8, 1953 in Geiselbullach ) was a German composer.
Life and work
Schmid grew up as the son of a teacher and the couple was from 10 to 15 years a member of the cathedral choir. After his graduation, he was first employed by the railroad and studied from 1899 to 1903 Music at the Academy of Music in Munich. His teachers have included Louis Thuille (composition), Berthold Kellermann (piano), and Joseph Becht (organ).
After completing his degree ( with honors ) undertook Schmid 1903-1905 concert tours as a pianist with violinist Willy Burmester. In 1905 he was appointed as a lecturer in piano and harmony at the Academy of Music in Munich.
In addition to his teaching, he was from 1909 to 1919 conductor of the Munich Liedertafel of 1840.
1919 Schmid was appointed professor at the Academy of Music in Munich in 1921 and received a reputation as a director at the National Conservatory in Karlsruhe. From 1924 to 1931 he served as director of the Municipal Conservatory in Augsburg, the forerunner of today's Leopold Mozart Centre. In 1932, Schmid was a freelance composer in Geiselbullach near Munich.
Schmid composed mainly choral music, chamber music, songs and church music. His chamber opera The star of the Emperor, Op 45 a he wrote after texts by Joseph Bernhart.
He was with the musicologist Alfred Einstein, the pianist Karl Kotter Meier and the organist Arthur Piechler, his disciple and cousin, close friend. His grave is on the western cemetery Munich.