Biography of Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874-1953)
11.09.1874
Born in Landau on Isar, son of a teacher who made also music.
1879
Piano lessons from his mother
1882
Violin lessons
1884
Singerof the Regensburg Domspatzen
Education and work for the railway company
After relocation due to not allowed composing at the counter, he starts to study music with Thuille
1903
Excellent degree as teacher and conductor
1905
Piano teacher at the Munich Academy
1909
Marries Maria Kleiter
Military service during World War I
1921
Member of the directorate of the Baden conservatory in Karlsruhe
1924
Head of Augsburg Conservatory
1933
His wife dies
1939
Sonate for flute and piano
08.01.1953
Dies in Munich after becoming nearly blind, a stroke and renal insufficiency
Further information/Sources:
- → Noten von Schmid bei imslp.org
- → Schmid auf Wikipedia
- → CDs by/of Heinrich Kaspar Schmid bei JPC (mit Hörproben)
- → Music by/with Heinrich Kaspar Schmid at amazon.de
Sheet music for flute:
Capriccio op. 34, No. 5
(flute (violin), piano)
Schott Verlag, Ed 2007
Rating: difficult
- Andante - Allegretto - Giocoso, non troppo presto - Andante
Dedicated to the Munich flutist Alois Schellhorn
Sonate op. 106 (A-Dur)
(flute, piano)
Schott Verlag, ED 3691
Rating: mid-grade
- Allegro
- Scherzo - rasch und lebhaft
- Andante - cantabile
- Poco sostenuto
Dedicated to "his beloved Professor Gustav Scheck - Berlin"
CDs with/from Heinrich Kaspar Schmid
Pirmin Grehl, Nils Mönkemeyer, Nicholas Rimmer, Johannes Zurl
- Allegro appassionato (10:56:00)
- Vivo molto (02:21:00)
- Adagio non troppo (05:16:00)
- Finale. Vivace (06:51:00)
- Allegro (06:54:00)
- Scherzo. Rasch und lebhaft (02:37:00)
- Andante. Cantabile (03:22:00)
- Poco sostenuto (04:58:00)
- Allegretto for Clarinet & Piano in B flat major op. 34 No. 2 (06:17:00)
- Con moto moderato (08:46:00)
- Scherzo. Vivace molto (04:14:00)
- Finale. Feierlich (Largo) - Allegro con spirito (09:20:00)
- Capriccio for Flute and Piano in a minor op. 34 No. 5 (07:15:00)
Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in g minor op. 114:
Sonata for Flute and Piano in A major op. 106:
Sonata for Viola and Piano in F major op. 111:
Literature von/über Heinrich Kaspar Schmid
- Freymadl, C.: Heinrich Kaspar SchmidKomponisten in Bayern Band 44Tutzing: Hans Schneider,2004. - ISBN: 2 7952 1165 4
Last edit 30.04.2020