Aloys Schmitt
Aloys Schmitt (26 August 1788 – 25 July 1866) was a German composer, pianist and music teacher. He was born in Erlenbach am Main. He studied composition with Johann Anton André in Offenbach.
Aloys Schmitt

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- Born
- 1788 · Erlenbach am Main.
- Died
- 1866 · Frankfurt.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Occupation
- pianist · composer · music educator · teacher · kammermusiker · chapelmaster · musician
- Teachers
- Georg Jacob Vollweiler
- Languages
- German
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Aloys Schmitt (26 August 1788 – 25 July 1866) was a German composer, pianist and music teacher. He was born in Erlenbach am Main. He studied composition with Johann Anton André in Offenbach.
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Born at Erlenbach am Main in 1788, died in Frankfurt in 1866.
Training under Georg Jacob Vollweiler is recorded. Ferdinand Hiller is recorded as having studied under Aloys Schmitt. The recorded working language is German.
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- 1.d’après « Mémoires 1864-1925 » de Julius Hertha – page 359
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Heinrich Henkel Vie et Œuvre du Dr Aloys Schmitt (Francfort, 1873)
- Horst Zänger: Alois Schmitt: Ein Leben für die Musik, BoD
- Julius Schuberth, Kleines musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon.
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