Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee

The oratorio “Zeit und Ewigkeit” could very well be the very best known work by this versatile Swiss composer. Schnyder was known for his instrumental skills playing the violin, piano, cup harmonic, dual bass, cello, clarinet, viola and timpani. Though he visited Vienna in 1811 to review with Beethoven — who changed him apart except to investigate a few of his compositions — he could research with Kienlen. Schnyder acquired several issues in his early profession, including the comprehensive destruction of most his properties inside a open fire, by 1814 he previously resolved in Schloss Wartensee. Soon thereafter his 1st compositions appeared on the net. Establishing himself like a composer, performer and instructor Schnyder helped to determine several musical unions as well as the Wartensee Basis in Zurich which continues to be energetic in its support of medical and musical contests. Schnyder’s compositions could be characterized as lyrically elegant having a penache for light counterpoint.