Friedrich Seitz
Friedrich Seitz was a German Romantic Era composer. He was a violinist who served as a concertmaster, who wrote chamber music and eight student concertos for the violin.Life
Seitz studied violin first under Karl Wilhelm Uhlrich in Sondershausen, Germany; he later married Uhlrich's daughter. He became a student of Johann Christoph Lauterbach in 1874. He became music director at Sondershausen and thereafter became a concertmaster at Magdeburg. In 1884 he was the "Hofkonzertmeister" at Dessau.
Movements from Seitz' student concerti have become more widely known by virtue of their inclusion in the Suzuki violin method instructional material.Selected compositions
- Schüler-Konzert Nr. 1 in D major for violin and piano, Op. 7
- Schüler-Konzert Nr. 2 in G major for violin and piano, Op. 13
- Schüler-Konzert Nr. 3 in G minor for violin and piano, Op. 12
- Schüler-Konzert Nr. 4 in D major for violin and piano, Op. 15
- Sechs leichte Vortragsstücke in Form einer Suite f. V. od. Vcello m. Pfte. Magdeburg, Rathke. 1896.
- Schüler-Klaviertrio Nr. 1 in C major for violin, cello and piano, Op. 18
- Romanze und Intermezzo, Op. 21
- Schüler-Konzert Nr. 5 in D major for violin and piano, Op. 22
- Konzert in einem Satz zum Studium und Konzertgebrauch in A minor for violin and piano or orchestra, Op. 25
- Drei Grabgesänge für gefallene Krieger for mixed chorus, Op. 28; poetry by August Sieghardt
- Schüler-Konzert Nr. 6 in G major for violin and piano, Op. 31
- Schüler-Konzert Nr. 7 in D minor for violin and piano, Op. 32
- Quartet in G Major for 2 violins, cello and piano, Op. 35
- Konzertstück in A major for violin and piano, Op. 36
- Schüler-Konzert Nr. 8 in G major for violin and piano, Op. 38
- Short works for violin and piano
- Ungarische Rhapsodie for violin and piano, Op. 47
- Schüler-Konzert Nr. 8 in A major for violin and piano, Op. 51
- Die Passion, Oratorio for soloists, chorus, orchestra and organ
- Zwei neue Vortragsstücke for violin and piano
- Schüler-Klaviertrio Nr. 2 for violin, cello and piano
- Schüler-Klaviertrio Nr. 3 for violin, cello and piano
