Aloys Schmitt Born Erlenbach-on-Main 26.8.1788 Died Frankfurt 25.7.1866
He initially studied under his father and later with Johan Andre and C Hoffmann. He subsequently became a professor of piano at Frankfurt and later in Berlin numbering among his pupils Ferdinand Hiller. For a period between 1825-29 he was court organist at the Hanover court. He had a son Georg 1827-1902 who also composed.
Orchestral
'Tongemalde' symphony Op.45 pub. by Johann Andre 1840
Concert overture Op.36 pub. by C F Peters 1821
Concert overture Op.37
Concert overture Op.46 pub. by Schott 1824
Piano concerto No.1 Op.14
Piano concerto No.2 Op.34
Piano concerto No.3 Op.60 pub. by M Artaria 1825
Piano concertino 'Le Retour a Frankfort' Op.75 pub. by Offenbach
Piano concertino Op.76 pub. by Trentsensky & Vieweg
Konzertstuck for oboe and orchestra in F major Op.29 available from ISMLP
Chamber
Sextet for piano, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass on C Op.104 1840 pub. by Hofmeister and republished by Merton Music
Grand Trio for piano, violin and cello in F minor Op.35 pub. by Schott
Trio for piano, violin and cello in E flat Op.105 1841 pub. by Simrock
Trio for piano violin and cello in E flat Op.122 1856 pub. by Andre
Three string quartets, in B flat, G and F minor Op.70 pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel
String quartet in E flat Op.79 1841 pub. by Weygand & Benster (The Hague)
Two string quartets in E flat and G minor Op.80 pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel
Two string quartets in A and E flat Op.81 pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel
Trio for 2 violins and cello Op.63 pub. by C F Peters 1927
Trio for 2 violins and cello in E flat Op.135/1 pub. by Andre and republished by Merton Music
Trio for 2 violins and cello in D minor Op.135/2 pub. by Andre and republished by Merton Music (this was his final work)
Trio for 2 violins and cello in B flat major pub. by Oertel
Little suite for 3 violins, or 2 violins and viola in G pub. by Klemm and republished by Merton Music
Violin Sonata No1. Op.27 pub. by Peters
Violin Sonata No.2 Op.64 pub. by Nagel
Violin Sonata No.3 Op.66 pub. by Artaria
Violin Sonata in G No.4 Op.118 pub. by Friedrich Hofmeister 1854
Violin Sonata No.5 Op.123 pub. by Eenst Ter Meer
Violin Sonata No.6 Op.132 1862 pub. by Augener
Rondo Concertante for violin & piano Op.48 pub. by Schott
Six works for violin and piano Op.134 1863 pub. by Offenbach
Sonata concertante for piano and violin in B flat Op.123 pub. by Siegel 1858
Cello Sonata in G minor Op.127 1868 pub. by Offenbach
Sonata for piano duet Op.31
Sonata for piano duet Op.39
Sonata for piano duet Op.46
Piano
Du Petit Matelot Op.1/4
Two Rondeau pub. by Coventry & Holler
Souvenir d'amitie - rondeau
Sonata Op.6
Sonata Op.7
Sonata Op.8
Three Sonatinas Op.10 pub. by Johann Andre 1866
Sonata Op.14
Sonata di bravura Op.26
Sonata Op.78
Sonata Op.83
Sonata Op.84
Potpouri sur des motives de Der Freischutz Op.37 pub. by Schott 1837
Introduction & variations on a theme from Der Freischutz Op.39 pub. by Schott 1839
Sixty etudes in three books 1820 Op.16 available from ISMLPOrig. pub. by Simrock and also G Schirmer 1856
Six Nouvellles Etudes Op.61 pub. by Diabelli
Song
'My bonny, bonny England words by R Baker 1840
Opera
Der Doppleganger 1827
Du Patrionen 1831
Valerie 1832
Das Osterfest zu Paderborn 1843
Die Tocher der Wuste 1845
Cantata
Die Worte des Glaubens von Schiller 1855
Oratorio
Moses 1843
Ruth 1850
Mass
Mass No2 in D for alto, bass, mixed choir and orchestra Op.103 pub. by Friedrich Hofmeister 1841
Interesting, Giles. Any idea of the style of his music? From the dates one would suspect either late classical if he was a conservative or the sound worlds of Beethoven, Spohr, Weber or Kalliwoda if he was more progressive.
Of the piano concertos, Fleisher has score and parts for Op. 76 in an addition printed by the Fleisher Collection from MS in 1976.
Do we know where his MSS are? Staatbibliothek zu Berlin, I expect, but it would be nice to know if the other concertos survive.
The Goethe University (https://lbsopac.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/) in Frankfurt appears to have a decent collection of manuscript and engraved scores and they have digitized some of them.
His Kleine Suite in G for 3 violins turns out better than I'd expected - quite charming and even substantial in its way. Strangely, it wasn't published until 1900 and although clearly acknowledging earlier forms some of the harmonies do have a strongly romantic feel to them.
http://imslp.org/wiki/Kleine_Suite_(Schmitt,_Aloys)#IMSLP419921 (http://imslp.org/wiki/Kleine_Suite_(Schmitt,_Aloys)#IMSLP419921)
I'm looking forward to trying some of his other trios (for 2 violins and cello) from imslp, although it's a pity than none of his 8 (or 9) string quartets have surfaced yet. Writing in Cobbett, Rudolf Felber finds them "full of fresh invention". He's highly respectful of Schmitt's other chamber and piano works too, although concludes that they "in no way advanced the development of chamber music".
Unfortunately the one-movement Trio in Eb Op.135 (also published posthumously although this time by only 3 years) occupies a different sound-world entirely - very much of the 18th century and not in a good way!
I have been searching for the piano concertos and have come up with the following:
1st PC, Op. 14 - orchestral parts only (full set): Library of Congress
2nd PC, Op. 34 - orchestral parts only (full set): Goethe Institute
3rd PC, Op. 60 - piano part & orchestral parts (full set): Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Op. 75 Concertino - piano part only (pub. Offenbach): British Library
Op. 76 Concertino - score and parts: Fleisher (as previously noted)
It is very tiresome that the solo piano parts for 1 and 2 appear to be missing while the orchestral material is available. As researchers on this forum know, the reverse is more often the case. However, I shall keep looking, and I hope others will too (Eric, this means you ;) ).
Have just added to IMSLP the parts for Schmitt's String Quartet, Op. 70 No. 3 (http://imslp.org/wiki/3_String_Quartets,_Op.70_%28Schmitt,_Aloys%29) and String Trio, Op. 63 (http://imslp.org/wiki/String_Trio,_Op.63_%28Schmitt,_Aloys%29) (for 2 violins and cello). This appears to be his only chamber music that the Bavarian State Library has digitized to date.
That's good news. You wouldn't expect much evidence of "romanticism" at this date (the late 1820's) but the quartet does look interesting. Thanks also for scanning it in greyscale as well as black and white.
I have just heard from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin that they have the solo piano part for Op. 14 and orchestral parts for Op. 75. Shelfmarks are: Op. 14 - DMS O.31100; Op. 75 - DMS O.57236.
Correction. The Staatsbibliothek have sent another message apologising that while they do have the solo piano part of Op. 14, they don't have the orchestral material for Op. 75 after all - just the solo piano part. So still looking for the orchestral parts of that work and the solo piano part of the 2nd concerto.
I've found that a frustrating problem with SBB - their digitised card index doesn't take account of (mostly wartime) losses. Whilst ferreting out Raff scores I've been disappointed on a few occasions, but it's hardly surprising. Their collection is so vast, and these scores are often so obscure that no one will have called for them since well before the beginning of WWII, so they'll only know they've been destroyed when they go looking for them.
The parts to Op. 75 are in the Newberry Library, Chicago.
Op64 is also a piano/violin sonata, material @ Vienna OBVSG. An Italian library has a copy of his Sonata cantante op.123 for the same combination.