Anton Träg (11 June 1819 – 7 July 1860) was an Austrian cellist and composer.

Life

Träg was born in

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, and studied with

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at the Conservatory of the

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in Vienna. He was a teacher at

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from 1845 to 1852. He appeared in Prague as a soloist, and in chamber ensembles with Johann Král,

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, and others. From 1851 he was a member of the

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; in Vienna he took part in musical soirées of

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and . He died in 1860, leaving a wife and son. Träg was said to have an accomplished, clean technique, with which he combined a soulful delivery and a remarkable large pithy tone.

Compositions

He wrote several works for cello, and a ''Concertino'' for cello and orchestra.

References

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