Richard Bratby

The beautiful, haunted symphonies of Franz Schmidt

Dogged by false accusations that he was a Nazi, the Austrian composer has finally been brought in from the cold

Composer Franz Schmidt with conductor Oswald Kabasta before the premiere of his oratorio The Book with Seven Seals in 1938. Photo: Imagno / Getty Images
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