Franz Schmidt

Franz Schmidt

Long Tail Classical Early modern classical Post-romantic era

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Notre Dame: Intermezzo
Notre Dame: Intermezzo Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker & Franz Schmidt
Symphony No. 4 in C Major: IV. Tempo primo (Allegro molto moderato), un poco sostenuto
Symphony No. 4 in C Major: IV. Tempo primo (Allegro molto moderato), un poco sostenuto Berliner Philharmoniker & Franz Schmidt & Kirill Petrenko
Symphony No. 4 in C Major: I. Allegro molto moderato
Symphony No. 4 in C Major: I. Allegro molto moderato Berliner Philharmoniker & Franz Schmidt & Kirill Petrenko
Notre Dame: Intermezzo
Notre Dame: Intermezzo Staatskapelle Dresden & Franz Schmidt & Silvio Varviso
Notre Dame: Intermezzo
Notre Dame: Intermezzo Paavo Järvi & Franz Schmidt & Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

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About Franz Schmidt

Like Paderewski, Gabrilowitsch, Schnabel, and Isabella Vengerova, Franz Schmidt became a piano pupil of Theodor Leschetizky at the Vienna Conservatorium in 1890, where he studied composition with Bruckner, theory with Robert Fuchs, and cello with Ferdinand Hellmesberger. Born to a German father and Slovak mother in what was then Hungary, he was declared a "musical miracle child" by a priest with whom he took organ lessons in Pressburg (Bratislava today). This encouraged his poor but hopeful parents to move to Vienna in 1888, but chronic privation forced Schmidt to play in dancehall orchestr...