Canon
Where to start with Schmidt
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralSymphony no. 4 in C
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VocalDas Buch mit sieben Siegeln, oratorio
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ChamberFuga Solemnis, for organ, 16 wind instruments and percussion
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Keyboard4 Kleine Praludien und Fugen
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StageNotre Dame, opera
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OrchestralSymphony no. 2 in E flat major
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OrchestralVariations on a Theme of Beethoven, for piano left hand and orchestra
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OrchestralChaconne for Orchestra in D minor
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KeyboardChaconne for organ in C sharp minor
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OrchestralChaconne in C sharp minor, for piano and orchestra
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KeyboardChoralvorspiel zu Haydns Gott erhalte
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KeyboardChoralvorspiel, "Der Heiland ist erstanden"
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OrchestralConcerto in E flat major, for piano left hand
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OrchestralKonzertante Variationen uber ein Thema von Beethoven
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KeyboardNun danket alle Gott, chorale prelude for organ
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Schmidt's catalogueMost Popular
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Symphony No. 4 in C major
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Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln (oratorio)
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Piano Quintet in G major
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Intermezzo from Notre Dame
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Organ Chaconne in C-sharp minor
Most Acclaimed
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Das Buch mit sieben Siegelnthe Book of the Seven Seals — Revelation for soloists, chorus, organ, and orchestra
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Symphony No. 4
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Symphony No. 2 in E-flat major
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Piano Concerto in E-flat major
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Organ Chaconne in C-sharp minor
Most Weird
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Das Buch mit sieben Siegelnthe entire Book of Revelation — angels, seals, catastrophes — set in Late Romantic language; rarely performed outside Vienna
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Piano Concerto in E-flatwritten for his student Paul Wittgenstein (also Ravel’s Left Hand Concerto patron) — for left hand only
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Symphony No. 2rarely played outside Austria — dense and ambitious
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Notre Dame (opera)after Victor Hugo’s Hunchback
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Variations on a Hussar\’s Song (orchestra)
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 31
- Orchestral
- ● Symphony no. 4 in C
- Symphony no. 2 in E flat major
- Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, for piano left hand and orchestra
- Chaconne for Orchestra in D minor
- Chaconne in C sharp minor, for piano and orchestra
- Concerto in E flat major, for piano left hand
- Konzertante Variationen uber ein Thema von Beethoven
- Piano Concerto in E flat major
- Symphony no. 1 in E
- Symphony no. 3 in A
- Variations on a Hussar's Song for orchestra
- Vocal
- Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln, oratorio
- Chamber
- Fuga Solemnis, for organ, 16 wind instruments and percussion
- Piano Quintet in G
- Quintet for clarinet in A
- Quintet for clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano in B flat major
- String Quartet in A
- String Quartet in G
- Keyboard
- 4 Kleine Praludien und Fugen
- Chaconne for organ in C sharp minor
- Choralvorspiel zu Haydns Gott erhalte
- Choralvorspiel, "Der Heiland ist erstanden"
- Nun danket alle Gott, chorale prelude for organ
- O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, chorale prelude for organ
- O, wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen, chorale prelude for organ
- Romance for piano
- Toccata for piano
- Toccata in C major, for organ
- Variations and Fugue for organ
- Was mein Gott will, chorale prelude for organ
- Stage
- Notre Dame, opera