Le Retour en Suisse. Valses expressives suivies d'une mazurka pour le piano - Schad, Joseph 1812-1879 (Paris Schlesinger, 1850)
Ketty ou Le retour en Suisse' (Paris, 1825) was a vaudeville by Félix Duvert et Paul Duport
autograph dedication "Offert à mon ami Hector de Constant de la part de l'auteur. Schad"
7 waltzes, 1 mazurka
Plate nr. 2816
Joseph Schad was a German composer and organist. He was a pupil of Louis Schmitt in Frankfurt and for a time was dedicated to giving organ concerts. He established himself as an organist in Morges (CH) , later became a professor at the Conservatory of Genevavand finally settled in Bordeaux where he died. He wrote a large number of fantasies, transcriptions, waltzes, masurques, etc., for piano, vocal melodies and the ballet Franizia.
Dédiées à Madame Caroline Nakwaska née Comtesse Potocka
Keywords: 19th Century (1801-1900); Keyboard music; Waltz; Dance