Josef Schmid (composer)

Josef Schmid (1890, in Germany – 1969, in New York City) was a conductor, composer, and composition teacher. He was one of the first students of Alban Berg,[1] with whom he studied before World War I.[2] As a conductor Schmid had been an assistant to both Zemlinsky[3] and Erich Kleiber.[4] As a composer Schmid was associated with Berg and Webern but considered himself a musical "godson" of Schoenberg.[5] After the War Schmid emigrated to New York City and established himself as a teacher of composition, basing his teaching on the writings of Schoenbergs. His most important composition students included Robert Di Domenica and Joe Maneri.

References
  1. Theodor W. Adorno, Alban Berg, Henri Lonitz, Adorno-Berg Correspondence, 1925-1935
  2. Joseph Henry Auner, A Schoenberg reader: documents of a life
  3. AllAboutJazz.com Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Adorno-Berg-Lonitz, op. cit.
  5. AllAboutJazz.com, op. cit.


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