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Anton Träg

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Anton Träg (11 June 1819 – 7 July 1860) was an Austrian cellist and composer.

Life

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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 [de] 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 [de].[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

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He wrote several works for cello, and a Concertino for cello and orchestra.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Anton Träg". Gedächtnis des Landes (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Träg, Anton". Oesterreiches Musiklexikon online (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Träg, Anton" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (in German). 1882 – via Wikisource.