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, Otto von Königslöw 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 Eduard Seuffert .[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
- ^ a b "Anton Träg". Gedächtnis des Landes (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Träg, Anton". Oesterreiches Musiklexikon online (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ a b c Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (in German). 1882 – via Wikisource. .
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- 1819 births
- 1860 deaths
- 19th-century Austrian people
- Austrian classical cellists
- Austrian classical composers
- People from Schwechat
- Musicians from Lower Austria
- Academic staff of the Prague Conservatory