Erich Schmid (1907 - 2000) was an orchestra conductor, choir director and university lecturer who promoted world premieres and radio broadcasts of contemporary music in Switzerland. He himself studied with Bernhard Sekles, among others, then with Arnold Schönberg and followed the aesthetics of the New Viennese School in his compositions.

The historical-critical Erich Schmid Edition publishes for the first time all sixteen opus-numbered works as well as three additional piano works.

The pl...