Josef Schmid

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, with whom he studied before World War I. As a conductor Schmid had been an assistant to both Zemlinsky and Erich Kleiber. As a composer Schmid was associated with Berg and Webern but considered himself a musical "godson" of Schoenberg. After World War I Schmid emigrated to New York City and established himself as a teacher of composition, basing his teaching on the writings of Schoenbergs. His composition students included Robert Di Domenica, Joe Maneri, and Frieda Schmitt-Lermann. References 1890 births 1969 deaths German male conductors (music) German composers American male composers 20th-century German conductors (music) 20th-century German male musicians 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians Emigrants from the Weimar Republic to the United States