Background
Schmid was born at Landau. As a boy he studied music with his father who was a school teacher and choral conductor.
Schmid was born at Landau. As a boy he studied music with his father who was a school teacher and choral conductor.
He entered the Munich Akademie der Tonkunst where he studied composition with Ludwig Thuille.
He also sang in the boys choir at Regensburg Cathedral for several years. In 1905 he was appointed to teach at the Munich Academy and in 1919 was promoted to a full professor After World War I, Schmid entered a highly successful part of his career both as a performer and composer.
He toured throughout Austria, Scandinavia, and Russia.
In 1921 he became director of the Karlsruhe Conservatory and assumed the directorship of the Augsburg Music School in 1924. He retired from academic work in 1932.
He died at Geiselbullach, near Munich, in 1953.