Othmar Schoeck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Othmar Schoeck

Swiss composer (1886-1957)

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1886

Place of Birth: Brunnen, Central Switzerland, Switzerland

Date of Death: 08-Mar-1957

Profession: composer, conductor, pianist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Othmar Schoeck (1 September 1886 – 8 March 1957) was a Swiss composer and conductor. He was known mainly for his considerable output of art songs and song cycles, though he also wrote a number of operas, notably his one-act Penthesilea, which was premiered at the Semperoper in Dresden in 1927 and revived at the Lucerne Festival in 1999.
He wrote a handful of instrumental compositions, including two string quartets and concertos for violin (for Stefi Geyer, dedicatee also of Béla Bartók's first concerto), cello and horn.