Anton Träg
Anton Träg (11 June 1819 – 7 July 1860) was an Austrian cellist and composer.
Life[]
Träg was born in Schwechat, and studied with Joseph Merk at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. He was a teacher at Prague Conservatory from 1845 to 1852. He appeared in Prague as a soloist, and in chamber ensembles with Johann Král, Bedřich Smetana, and others.[1][2]
From 1851 he was a member of the Vienna Philharmonic; in Vienna he took part in musical soirées of Johann Baptist Streicher and .[2] He died in 1860, leaving a wife and son.[3]
Träg was said to have an accomplished, clean technique, with which he combined a soulful delivery and a remarkable large pithy tone.[3]
Compositions[]
He wrote several works for cello, and a Concertino for cello and orchestra.[1][3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Anton Träg" Gedächtnis des Landes. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Träg, Anton" Oesterreiches Musiklexikon online. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (in German). 1882 – via Wikisource.
- 1819 births
- 1860 deaths
- 19th-century Austrian people
- Austrian classical cellists
- Austrian classical composers
- People from Schwechat