!!!Between the Wars
!!Franz Schmidt: ''The Book with 7 seals''

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The appreciation of the works of Franz Schmidt (1874
Bratislava/Slovakia - 1939 Perchtoldsdorf/Lower Austria) was adversely
affected by his participation in an unfinished composition that was
ordered by the Nazis.  Schmidt worked as a musician with Mahler, was a teacher, rector and
adversary of the Avantgarde. Nevertheless stylistic quotes in his
''Buch mit 7 Siegeln'' (Book with 7 Seals)(1937) show that he was open to
contemporary music and could write in a modern style. His use of
trombones to illustrate the Last Judgement (Example) shows his
individual approach to non-musical contents. (M. Saary)


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