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(shmit), (1) Jn. Phil. Samuel, K6nigsberg, 1779—Berlin, 1853; Govt. official, critic, writer and dram. composer. (2) Jos., Biickeburg, 1795 —1865; violinist, ct.-conductor and composer. (3) Hermann, Berlin, 1810—1845; ct.-composer; c. operetta. (4) Gustav, -Weimar, 1816—Darmstadt, 1882; ct.-conductor and dram. composer. (5) Arthur P., Altona, Ger., April 1, 1846—1921; est. mus.-pub. busine , Boston and Leipzig, 1876. (6) Leopold, Berlin, Aug. 2, 1860— April 30, 1927; writer on music; Ph. D.; early in life an operetta cond.; from 1897 critic of the Berlin Tageblatt; author of studies of Mozart and Haydn, etc.; adapted Offenbach works for modern perfs. (7) Franz, b. Pre burg, Hungary, Dec. 22 1874—Vienna, 1940; comp.; pupil of Hellmesberger; 1892-1910, played as solo ’cellist in Vienna Ct.-Op.; from 1gto teacher of advanced piano perf. at the Akad. der Tonkunst there, of which he was dir. after 1925; 1927-30, rector of the Hochsch. fiir Musik; c. operas, ‘‘ Notre Dame,’ “Fredegundis’’; 4 symphonies; quartets; concerto; piano quintet for left hand (writter. for Paul Wittgenstein); organ works, songs, etc. Schmitt (shmit), (1) Jos. 1764— Frankfort-on-Main, 1818; writer, violinist and composer. (2) Nikolaus, b. Germany; ba oonist and composer; 1779, chef de musigue of the French Guards at Paris. (3) Aloys, Erlenbach, Bavaria, 1788 —Frankfort-on-Main, 1866; eminent teacher, pianist, writer and dram. composer. (4) Jacob (Jacques), Obernburg, Bavaria, 1803—Hamburg, 1853; bro. and pupil of above; wrote a method and c. (5) (G.) Aloys, Hanover, Feb. 2, 1827—Dresden, Oct., 1902; pianist and cond.; son and pupil of (3); pupil Vollweiler (theory), th.-cond. Heidelberg; toured; at Aix-la-Chapelle, etc., 1857-92 ct.-cond. Schwerin; from 1893, dir. “Drey ig’sche Singakademie,” Dresden. He. 3 operas, incl. “Trilby” (Frankfort, 1845): incid. music; overtures, etc. He arranged the fragments of Mozart’s C minor ma into a complete work; died of an apoplectic stroke while conducting his own “In Memoriam.” (6) Hans, Koben, Bohemia, Jan. 14, 1835—Vienna, Jan. 14, 1907; piano teacher and oboist; pf.-pupil of Dachs, Vienna Cons., taking the silver medal; later, teacher there; wrote a vocal method; c. important instructive.pcs., etc. (7) Florent, b. Blamont, France, Sept. 28, 1870; studied at Nancy; 1889, entered Paris Cons. winning second Prix de Rome 1897; first 1900, with cantata “Sémiramis.”” He sent from Rome a symph. poem “‘Combat des Raksasas et Délivrance Sita,” symph. étude based on Poe’s “Le Palais hanté” and the ‘‘46th Psalm,” which was later played with succe , 1906, (1910 Colonne Concerts, 1912); his piano quintet (1909) has won fame; his “Tragédie de Salomé”’ was danced by Loie Fuller 1907; his symph. poem “Sélamlik” (1904), chamber music, piano pieces, and songs have given him a high place in France. He was dir. of the Lyons Cons. after 1921, and is a mem. of ‘the exec. committee of the Société Musicale In depend ante and the Société Nation ale de Musique. He has participated as pianist in many concerts of his works, visiting the U. S. in this capacity under the auspices of Pro Music a. His comps. also include: the ballet “Le Petit Elfe Ferme-l cil’? (Op.-Comique, 1924); music for Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra’ (Paris, 1921); the choral works, “‘Chansons a Quatre Voix,” “Pendant Tempéte,” “Danse des Dev a das is,” and “Chant de Guerre,’ the last for soprano scloist, male chorus and orch. (Paris, 1928); the orch. works, “En Eté,” “Refléts d’ Allemagne,” and “Pu#azzi,” suites, orig. for piano; ““Musiques de plein-air,” “Rapsodie Viennoise,’ “Danse @ Abisag,” (Paris, 1926); “Fonctionnatre MCMI XII, Inaction en Musique,” an amusing satire (Paris, 1927); “Salambo”’ (do.);“ Réves”; “ Légende’’; Dionysiaques”; ‘Keroshal’? tenor and orch.; “Chant du Soir’, “Sonata Libre” and “Quatre Piéces” for yln. and piano; “Deux Piéces” Elégiaque” “Chant for ’cello and piano; Andante et Scherzo, for harp and string quartet; Lied et Scherzo for double wind quartet; piano works; songs with piano; four part songs with orch.; a cappella choral songs; choruses with orch.; also orch. versions of piano pieces S. is the by Chopin and Schubert. subject of studies published by Séré, Calvocore i, Ferroud and Coeuroy.