August Schmidt (journalist)
August Schmidt (9 September 1808 – 13 October 1891) was an Austrian music writer, journalist, association organizer and musician.
Schmidt, who had already received violin lessons from his father at the age of five, was subsequently trained as a singer by Johann Baptist Henneberg and Ludwig Schwarzböck.
In 1828 he began his military service, and in 1834 he was transferred to the national debt register in the position of a cash officer.
The active musician and composer of Liedern, Waltzs and concert pieces for violin made a name for himself as a music writer, journalist and organiser of associations.
In 1839 the philosophical faculty of the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena awarded Schmidt an honorary doctorate (Dr.
August Schmidt, photography of the Dr. Székely & Massak studio
Bust of August Schmidt on his grave at
Vienna Central Cemetery
August Schmidt's grave site