Born: Au­gust 8, 1845, Vik­tring, Aus­tria (now part of Kla­gen­furt).

Died: May 19, 1914, Wien (Vi­en­na), Aus­tria.

Buried: An­na­bichl, Kla­gen­furt, Aus­tria.

Koschat stu­died chem­is­try in Vi­en­na, and sang as a bass in the Hof­oper (court op­e­ra) choir, and event­u­al­ly be­came choir di­rect­or. He lat­er found­ed the Ko­schat Quar­tet and toured Eur­ope and Amer­i­ca ex­ten­sive­ly. He was well known for his Ca­rin­thi­an folk songs. Em­per­or Wil­helm award­ed him the Ad­ler Orden (Order of the Red Ea­gle). His works in­clude:

Sources

Music

  1. Lord Is My Shepherd, The