Erich Schmid
Composer from Switzerland

Erich Schmid

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Composer from Switzerland
Gender:
Male
Places:
Switzerland
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MusicianComposerConductor
Work field:
Music
Birth:
(Balsthal)
Death:
17 December 2000(Zürich)
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Erich Schmid was a Swiss composer and conductor. He was born on January 1, 1907 in Balsthal, Switzerland and died December 17, 2000 in Zürich. He studied composition with Bernhard Sekles at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt und später mit Arnold Schönberg. Among many other international conducting roles, he was chief conductor of the Tonhalle Orchestra, Zürich from 1949 to 1957.

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  • Peter Cahn: Das Hoch'sche Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main (1878-1978), Frankfurt am Main: Kramer, 1979. (Seite 268ff)