(Tschaturangavidjâ.): Literatur Des Schachspiels

Author: Schmid, Anton (1787-1857)Year: 1847Publisher: Carl GeroldPlace: Wien (Vienna)Description:x+402 with name index. Octavo (9" x 6") bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 16) First edition. Anton Schmid, after receiving his first music lessons from the village school teacher Ferdinand Scholz, he came to the Augustinian monastery in Böhm as a choirboy in 1798. He attended the gymnasium there and received further music lessons. From 1804 he lived in Prague, where he continued his studies and earned his living as a music teacher and musician. After his father's death (1812), Schmid. went to Vienna and initially lived here as a private teacher. In 1818 he came to the Austrian National Library as a concept intern, became a scriptor there in 1818 and curator in 1844. In this position, on behalf of the Austrian National Library as the master musician, and later Court Library Prefects, today's music curator. the library created and deve